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Accession  No.      82752     •    Class  M>. 


TIE  SCHOOL  LAW 


OF 


SOUTH  CAROLINA. 


EDITION  OF  1896. 


W.  D.  MAYFIELD, 

STATE  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  EDUCATION. 


Public  Property  to  be  Delivered  by   Each  Officer  to  His  Successor. 


COLUMBIA,  S.  C. 

THE   BRYAN   PRINTING   COMPANY. 


1896. 


THE  SCHOOL  LAW 


OF 


SOUTH  CAROLINA. 


EDITION  OF  1896. 


Prepared  and  Published  in  Pursuance  of  Law,  under  the  Direction  of 

W.  D.  MAYFIELD, 

STATE  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  EDUCATION. 


COLUMBIA,  S.  C. 

THE  BRYAN   PRINTING   COMPANY. 

1896. 


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The  Provision  of  the  State  Constitution 
Relating  to  Education. 


ARTICLE  XI. 

EDUCATION. 

SECTION  1.  The  supervision  of  public  instruction  shall  be  vested 
in  a  State  Superintendent  of  Education,  who  shall  be  elected  for  the 
term  of  two  years  by  the  qualified  electors  of  the  State,  in  such 
manner  and  at  such  time  as  the  other  State  officers  are  elected;  his 
powers,  duties  and  compensation  shall  be  defined  by  the  General 
Assembly. 

SEC.  2.  There  shall  be  a  State  Board  of  Education,  composed 
of  the  Governor,  the  State  Superintendent  of  Education,  and  not 
exceeding  seven  persons  to  be  appointed  by  the  Governor  every  four 
years,  of  which  Board  the  Governor  shall  be  Chairman,  and  the 
State  Superintendent  of  Education,  Secretary.  This  Board  shall 
have  the  regulation  of  examination  of  teachers  applying  for  certifi- 
cates of  qualification,  and  shall  award  all  scholarships,  and  have 
such  other  powers  and  duties  as  may  be  determined  by  law.  The 
traveling  expenses  of  the  persons  to  be  appointed  shall  be  provided 
for  by  the  General  Assembly. 

SEC.  3.  The  General  Assembly  shall  make  provision  for  the  elec- 
tion or  appointment  of  all  other  necessary  school  officers,  and  shall 
define  their  qualifications,  powers,  duties,  compensation  and  terras 
of  office.  . 

SEC.  4.  The  salaries  of  the  State  and  County  school  officers  and 
compensation  of  County  Treasurers  for  collecting  and  disbursing 
school  moneys  shall  not  be  paid  out  of  the  school  funds,  but  shall  be 
otherwise  provided,  for  by  the  General  Assembly. 

SEC.  5.  The  General  Assembly  shall  provide  for  a  liberal  system 
of  free  public  schools  for  all  children  between  the  ages  of  six  and 
twenty-one  years,  and  for  the  division  of  the  Counties  into  suitable 
school  districts,  as  compact  in  form  as  practicable,  having  regard  to 
natural  boundaries,  and  not  to  exceed  forty-nine  nor  be  less  than 
nine  square  miles  in  area:  Provided,  That  in  cities  of  ten  thousand 
inhabitants  and  over,  this  limitation  of  area  shall  not  apply:  Pro- 
vided, further,  That  when  any  school  district  laid  out  under  this 
Section  shall  embrace  cities  or  towns  already  organized  into  special 
school  districts  in  which  graded  school  buildings  have  been  erected 


by  the  issue  of  bonds,  or  by  special  taxation,  or  by  donation,  all  the 
territory  included  in  said  school  district  shall  bear  its  just  propor- 
tion of  any  tax  that  may  be  levied  to  liquidate  such  bonds  or  sup- 
port the  public  schools  therein:  Provided,  further,  That  nothing  in 
this  Article  contained  shall  be  construed  as  a  repeal  of  the  laws 
under  which  the  several  graded  school  districts  of  this  State  are 
organized.  The  present  division  of  the  Counties  into  school  dis- 
tricts and  the  provisions  of  law  now  governing  the  same,  shall 
remain  until  changed  by  the  General  Assembly. 

SEC.  6.  The  existing  County  Boards  of  Commissioners  of  the 
several  Counties,  or  such  officer  or  officers  as  may  hereafter  be  vested 
with  the  same  or  similar  powers  and  duties,  shall  levy  an  annual 
tax  of  three  mills  on  the  dollar  upon  all  the  taxable  property  in  their 
respective  Counties,  which  tax  shall  be  collected  at  the  same  time 
and  by  the  same  officers  as  the  other  taxes  for  the  same  year,  and 
shall  be  held  in  the  County  treasury  of  the  respective  Counties;  and 
the  said  fund  shall  be  apportioned  among  the  school  districts  of  the 
County  in  proportion  to  the  number  of  pupils  enrolled  in  the  public 
schools  of  the  respective  districts,  and  the  officer  or  officers  charged 
by  law  with  making  said  apportionment  shall  notify  the  Trustees  of 
the  respective  school  districts  thereof,  who  shall  expend  and  disburse 
the  same  as  the  General  Assembly  may  prescribe.  The  General 
Assembly  shall  define  "enrollment."  Not  less  than  three  Trustees 
for  each  school  district  shall  be  selected  from  the  qualified  voters  and 
taxpayers  therein,  in  such  manner  and  for  such  terms  as  the  General/ 
Assembly  may  determine,  except  in  cases  of  special  school  districts 
now  existing,  where  the  provisions  of  law  now  governing  the  same 
shall  remain  until  changed  by  the  General  Assembly:  Provided,  The 
manner  of  the  selection  of  said  Trustees  need  not  be  uniform 
throughout  the  State.  There  shall  be  assessed  on  all  taxable  polls 
in  the  State,  between  the  ages  of  twenty-one  and  sixty  years  (except- 
ing Confederate  soldiers  above  the  age  of  fifty  years),  an  annual  tax 
of  one  dollar  on  each  poll,  the  proceeds  of  which  tax  shall  be 
expended  for  school  purposes  in  the  several  school  districts  in  which 
it  is  collected.  Whenever  during  the  three  next  ensuing  fiscal  years 
the  tax  levied  by  the  said  County  Boards  of  Commissioners  or  simi- 
lar officers  and  the  poll  tax  shall  not  yield  an  amount  equal  to  three 
dollars  per  capita  of  the  number  of  children  enrolled  in  the  public 
schools  of  each  County  for  the  scholastic  year  ending  the  thirty-first 
day  of  October,  in  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  ninety-five,  as  it 
appears  in  the  report  of  the  State  Superintendent  of  Education  for 
said  scholastic  year,  the  Comptroller  General  shall,  for  the  afore- 
said three  next  ensuing  fiscal  years,  on  the  first  day  of  each  of  said 


years,  levy  such  an  annual  tax  on  the  taxable  property  of  the  State 
as  he  may  determine  to  be  necessary  to  make  up  such  deficiency,  to 
be  collected  as  other  State  taxes,  and  apportion  the  same  among  the 
Counties  of  the  State  in  proportion  to  the  respective  deficiencies 
therein.  The  sum  so  apportioned  shall  be  paid  by  the  State  Trea- 
surer to  the  County  Treasurers  of  the  respective  Counties,  in  pro- 
portion to  the  respective  deficiencies  therein,  on  the  warrant  of  the 
Comptroller  General,  and  shall  be  apportioned  among  the  school 
districts  of  the  Counties,  and  disbursed  as  other  school  funds;  and 
from  and  after  the  thirty-first  day  of  December,  in  the  year  eighteen 
hundred  and  ninety-eight,  the  General  Assembly  shall  cause  to  be 
levied  annually  on  all  the  taxable  property  of  the  State  such  a  tax, 
in  addition  to  the  said  tax  levied  by  the  said  County  Boards  of 
Commissioners  or  similar  officers,  and  poll  tax  above  provided,  as 
may  be  necessary  to  keep  the  schools  open  throughout  the  State  for 
such  length  of  time  in  each  scholastic  year  as  the  General  Assembly 
may  prescribe;  and  said  tax  shall  be  apportioned  among  the  Coun- 
ties in  proportion  to  the  deficiencies  therein,  and  disbursed  as  other 
school  funds.  Any  school  district  may,  by  the  authority  of  the 
General  Assembly,  levy  an  additional  tax  for  the  support  of  its 
schools. 

/  SEC.  7.  Separate  schools  shall  be  provided  for  children  of  the 
/white  and  colored  races,  and  no  child  of  either  race  shall  ever  be 
I  permitted  to  attend  a  school  provided  for  children  of  the  other  race. 
\  SEC.  8.  The  General  Assembly  may  provide  for  the  maintenance 
of  Clemson  Agricultural  College,  the  University  of  South  Carolina, 
and  the  Winthrop  Normal  and  Industrial  College,  a  branch  thereof, 
as  now  established  by  law,  and  may  create  scholarships  therein; 
the  proceeds  realized  from  the  land  scrip  given  by  the  act  of  Con- 
gress passed  the  second  day  of  July,  in  the  year  eighteen  hundred 
and  sixty-two,  for  the  support  of  an  agricultural  college,  and  any 
lands  or  funds  which  have  heretofore  been  or  may  hereafter  be 
given  or  appropriated  for  educational  purposes  by  the  Congress  of 
the  United  States,  shall  be  applied  as  directed  in  the  Acts  appropri- 
ating the  same:  Provided,  That  the  General  Assembly  shall,  as  soon 
as  practicable,  wholly  separate  Claflin  College  from  Clafln  Univer- 
sity, and  provide  for  a  separate  corps  of  professors  and  instructors 
therein,  representation  to  be  given  to  men  and  women  of  the  negro 
race;  and  it  shall  be  the  Colored  Normal,  Industrial,  Agricultural 
and  Mechanical  College  of  this  State. 

SEC.  9.  The  property  or  credit  of  the  State  of  South  Carolina,  or 
of  any  county,  city,  town,  township,  school  district  or  other  subdi- 
vision of  the  said  State,  or  any  public  money,  from  whatever  source 


derived,  shall  not,  by  gift,  donation,  loan,  contract,  appropriation, 
or  otherwise,  be  used,  directly  or  indirectly,  in  aid  or  maintenance 
of.  any  college,  school,  hospital,  orphan  house,  or  other  institution, 
society  or  organization,  of  whatever  kind,  which  is  wholly  or  in 
part  under  the  direction  or  control  of  any  church  or  of  any  religious 
or  sectarian  denomination,  society  or  organization. 

SEC.  10.  All  gifts  of  every  kind  for  educational  purposes,  if  ac- 
cepted by  the  General  Assembly,  shall  be  applied  and  used  for  the 
purposes  designated  by  the  giver,  unless  the  same  be  in  conflict 
with  the  provisions  of  this  Constitution. 

SEC.  li.  All  gifts  to  the  State  v/here  the  purpose  is  not  desig- 
nated, all  escheated  property,  the  net  assets  or  funds  of  all  estates 
or  copartnerships  in  the  hands  of  the  Courts  of  the  State  where 
there  have  been  no  claimants  for  the  same  within  the  last  seventy 
years,  and  other  money  coming  into  the  Treasury  of  the  State  by 
reason  of  the  twelfth  Section  of  an  Act  entitled  "An  Act  to  provide 
a  mode  of  distribution  of  the  moneys  as  direct  tax  from  the  citizens 
of  this  State  by  the  United  States  in  trust  to  the  State  of  South 
Carolina,"  approved  the  twenty-fourth  day  of  December,  in  the 
year  eighteen  hundred  and  ninety-one,  together  with  such  other 
means  as  the  General  Assembly  may  provide,  shall  be  securely  in- 
vested as  the  State  School  Fund,  and  the  annual  income  thereof 
shall  be  apportioned  by  the  General  Assembly  for  the  purpose  of 
maintaining  the  public  schools. 

SEC.  12.  All  the  net  income  to  be  derived  by  the  State  from  the, 
sale  or  license  for  the  sale  of  spirituous,  malt,  vinous  and  intoxi- 
cating liquors  and  beverages,  not  including  so  much  thereof  as  is 
now  or  may  hereafter  be  allowed  by  law  to  go  to  the  Counties  and 
municipal  corporations  of  the  State,  shall  be  applied  annually  in 
aid  of  the  supplementary  taxes  provided  for  in  the  sixth  Section  of 
this  Article;  and  if  after  said  application  there  should  be  a  surplus, 
it  shall  be  devoted  to  public  school  purposes,  and  apportioned  as 
the  General  Assembly  may  determine:  Provided,  however,  That  the 
said  supplementary  taxes  shall  only  be  levied  when  the  net  income 
aforesaid  from  the  sale  or  license  from  the  sale  of  alcoholic  liquors 
or  beverages  are  not  sufficient  to  meet  and  equalize  the  deficiencies 
for  which  the  said  supplementary  taxes  are  provided. 


ACT  OF  1896. 

The  Free  Public  School  Law 


Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  South  Caro- 
lina: 

STATE   SUPERINTENDENT   OF   EDUCATION. 

SECTION  1.  The  State  Superintendent  of  Education  shall  be  elected 
at  each  general  election,  in  the  same  manner  as  other  State  officers, 
and  shall  enter  upon  the  duties  of  his  office  at  the  time  prescribed 
by  law.  Before  entering  upon  the  duties  of  his  office  he  shall  give 
bond,  for  the  use  of  the  State  of  South  Carolina  in  the  penal  sum  of 
five  thousand  ($5,000)  dollars,  with  good  and  sufficient  sureties,  to 
be  approved  by  the  Governor,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  and  im- 
partial performance  of  the  duties  of  his  office;  and  he  shall  also,  at 
the  time  of  giving  bond,  take  and  subscribe  the  oath  prescribed  in 
Section  26  of  Article  III.  of  the  Constitution  of  the  State,  which 
shall  be  endorsed  upon  the  back  of  said  bond,  and  the  bond  shall  be 
filed  with  and  preserved  by  the  Secretary  of  State.  The  Superin- 
tendent of  Education  shall  receive  as  compensation  for  his  services 
the  sum  of  nineteen  hundred  dollars  per  annum,  payable  monthly 
out  of  the  State  Treasury,  and  his  traveling  expenses,  not  exceeding 
three  hundred  dollars,  shall  be  paid  out  of  the  State  Treasury  upon 
duly  itemized  accounts  rendered  by  him. 

SEC.  2.  He  shall  have  general  supervision  over  all  the  schools  of 
the  State  supported  in  whole  or  in  part  from  the  public  school  funds, 
and  it  shall  be  his  duty  to  visit  every  County  in  the  State  as  often  as 
practicable  for  the  purpose  of  inspecting  the  schools,  awakening  an 
interest  favorable  to  the  cause  of  education,  and  diffusing  as  widely 
as  possible,  by  public  addresses  and  personal  communication  with 
school  officers,  teachers,  and  parents,  a  knowledge  of  existing  defects 
and  of  desirable  improvements  in  the  government  and  instruction  of 
said  schools.  He  shall  secure,  by  and  with  the  advice  of  the  State 
Board  of  Education,  uniformity  in  the  use  of  text  books  throughout 
the  free  public  schools  of  the  State,  and  shall  forbid  the  use  of  sec- 
tarian or  partisan  books  and  instruction  in  said  schools.  He  shall 
prepare  and  transmit  to  the  several  County  Superintendents  of  Edu- 
cation school  registers,  blank  certificates,  reports  and  such  other 
suitable  blanks,  forms  and  printed  instructions  as  may  be  necessary 
to  aid  school  officers  and  teachers  in  making  their  reports  and  carry- 
ing into  full  effect  the  various  provisions  of  the  school  laws  of  this 


State,  aud  shall  cause  the  law  relating  to  the  free  public  schools, 
with  such  rules,  regulations,  forms,  and  instructions  as  shall  be 
legally  prescribed,  to  be  printed,  together  with  a  suitable  index,  in 
pamphlet  form,  at  the  expense  of  the  State,  aud  he  shall  cause  copies 
of  the  same  to  be  transmitted  to  the  several  County  Superintendents 
of  Education  for  distribution.  He  shall  collect  in  his  office  such 
school  books,  apparatuses,  maps,  and  charts  as  can  be  obtained.  He 
may  certify  copies  of  all  papers  filed  in  his  office,  and  such  certified 
copies  shall  be  competent  evidence  thereof. 

SEC.  3.  He  shall  make  a  report,  through  the  Governor,  to  the 
General  Assembly  at  each  regular  session  thereof,  showing:  1st.  The 
whole  number  of  pupils  registered  in,  and  the  number  enrolled  as 
hereinafter  defined  in,  the  free  common  schools  of  this  State  during 
the  year  ending  the  thirtieth  day  of  the  last  preceding  June,  and  the 
number  in  each  County  registered  in,  and  the  number  enrolled  as 
hereinafter  defined  in,  during  the  same  period.  2d.  The  number 
of  whites  and  the  number  of  colored  of  each  sex  attending  the  said 
schools.  3d.  The  number  of  free  schools  in  the  State.  4th.  The 
number  of  pupils  studying  each  of  the  branches  taught.  5th.  The 
average  wages  paid  to  teachers  of  each  sex  aud  to  the  principals  of 
schools  and  departments  in  said  schools.  6th.  The  number  of  school 
houses  erected  during  the  year,  and  the  location,  material  and  cost 
thereof.  7th.  The  number  previously  erected,  and  the  material  of 
their  construction,  and  their  condition  and  value,  and  the  number 
with  the  grounds  enclosed.  8th.  The  Counties  in  which  Teachers' 
Institutes  were  held,  aud  the  number  attending  the  institutes  in  each 
County.  9th.  Such  other  statistical  information  as  he  may  deem 
important,  together  with  such  plans  as  he  may  have  matured  and  the 
State  Board  of  Education  may  have  recommended  for  the  manage- 
ment and  improvement  of  the  school  fund,  and  for  the  more  perfect 
organization  and  efficiency  of  the  free  public  schools.  All  State  in- 
stitutions of  higher  learning  shall  make  an  annual  report,  on  or  be- 
fore the  first  day  of  September  of  each  year,  to  the  State  Superin- 
tendent of  Education,  embracing  a  detailed  account  of  the  operations 
of  such  institutions,  including  the  expenditure  of  the  public  moneys 
for  the  current  scholastic  year,  which  reports  the  State  Superintend- 
ent of  Education  shall  include  in  his  annual  report  to  the  Legisla- 
ture. All  Acts  or  parts  of  Acts  requiring  annual  reports  to  be  made 
to  other  authorities  are  hereby  repealed. 

SEC.  4.  The  sum  of  nine  hundred  dollars  shall  be  allowed  to  the 
State  Superintendent  of  Education  for  the  purpose  of  defraying  the 
expenses  of  clerk  hire  in  his  office. 

SEC.  5.  The  State  Treasurer  shall  take  and  hold  in  trust  for  the 


State  any  grant  or  devise  of  lands  and  any  gift  or  bequest  of  money 
or  other  personal  property  made  to  him  for  educational  purposes; 
all  gifts  to  the  State  where  the  purpose  is  not  designated;  all  escheated 
property;  the  net  assets  or  funds  of  all  estates  or  copartnerships  in 
the  hands  of  the  Courts  of  the  State  where  there  have  been  no  claim- 
ants for  the  same  within  the  last  seventy  years,  and  other  money 
coming  into  the  Treasury  of  the  State  by  reason  of  the  twelfth  Sec- 
tion of  an  Act  entitled  "An  Act  to  provide  a  mode  of  distribution 
of  the  moneys  as  direct  tax  from  the  citizens  of  this  State  by  the 
United  States  in  trust  to  the  State  of  South  Carolina,"  approved  the 
twenty-fourth  day  of  December,  in  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and 
ninety-one,  together  with  such  other  means  as  the  General  Assem- 
bly may  provide.  The  State  Treasurer  shall,  from  time  to  time, 
invest  in  bonds  of  this  State  or  of  the  United  States  all  such  money 
in  the  name  of  the  State,  as  a  permanent  State  school  fund,  and  shall 
pay  out  the  income  derived  therefrom  to  the  County  or  Counties  of 
the  State  as  the  same  may  be  apportioned  among  said  Counties  by 
the  State  Board  of  Education:  Provided,  That  no  disposition  shall 
be  made  of  any  property,  grant,  devise,  gift  or  bequest  inconsistent 
with  the  purposes,  conditions  or  terms  thereof.  For  the  faithful 
management  of  all  property  so  received  by  the  State  Treasurer,  he 
shall  be  responsible,  upon  his  bond,  to  the  State  as  for  other  funds 
received  by  him  in  his  official  capacity:  Provided,  however,  That  the 
Trustees  of  any  school  district  of  this  State  may  take  and  hold  in 
trust  for  their  particular  school  district  any  property  granted,  de-- 
vised, given  or  bequeathed  to  such  school  district,  and  apply  the 
same  in  the  interest  of  the  schools  of  their  district  in  such  manner  as 
in  their  judgment  seems  most  conducive  to  the  welfare  of  the  schools, 
when  not  otherwise  directed  by  the  terms  of  the  grant,  devise,  gift  or 
bequest:  And  provided,  further,  That  before  said  Trustees  shall  assume 
control  of  any  such  grant,  devise,  gift  or  bequest,  they  shall  give 
a  bond,  to  be  approved  by  the  County  Board  of  Education  of  the 
County  in  which  such  grant,  devise,  gift  or  bequest  is  made,  condi- 
tioned for  the  faithful  discharge  of  the  trust  reposed  in  them  in 
respect  to  said  property,  which  bond  shall  be  deposited  with  the 
Clerk  of  the  Court  of  said  County.  The  said  Trustees  are  hereby 
invested  with  the  care  and  custody  of  all  school  houses  or  other  school 
property  belonging  to  their  school  districts,  with  full  power  to  con- 
trol the  same  in  such  manner  as  they  may  think  will  best  subserve 
the  interest  of  the  free  public  schools  and  the  cause  of  education. 

SEC.  6.  The  State  Superintendent  of  Education  shall  discharge 
such  other  duties  as  may  be  provided  by  law;  and  he  shall  deliver 
to  his  successor,  within  ten  days  after  the  expiration  of  his  term  of 


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office,  all  books,  papers,  documents,  and  other  property  belonging 
to  his  office. 

SEC.  7.  In  case  a  vacancy  occurs  in  the  office  of  State  Superintend- 
ent of  Education  from  any  cause,  such  vacancy  shall  be  filled  by  the 
Governor,  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Senate,  and  the 
person  so  appointed  shall  qualify  within  fifteen  days  from  the  date 
of  such  appointment  or  else  the  office  will  be  deemed  vacant.  If  the 
vacancy  occur  during  the  recess  of  the  Senate  the  Governor  shall  fill 
the  same  by  appointment  until  the  Senate  can  act  thereon. 

STATE   BOARD   OF   EDUCATION. 

SEC.  8.  The  Governor,  the  State  Superintendent  of  Education,  and 
seven  persons,  one  from  each  Congressional  District,  to  be  appointed 
by  the  Governor,  who  shall  hold  office  for  four  years  and  until  their 
successors  may  be  appointed,  unless  sooner  removed  by  the  Gover- 
nor, shall  constitute  the  State  Board  of  Education.  Of  this  Board 
the  Governor  shall  be  ex  officio  Chairman,  and  the  State  Superin- 
tendent of  Education  shall  be  Secretary  of  the  Board.  The  Secretary 
shall  be  custodian  of  its  records,  papers,  and  effects,  and  shall  keep 
minutes  of  its  proceedings;  and  said  records,  papers,  and  minutes 
shall  be  kept  in  the  office  of  the  State  Superintendent  of  Education, 
and  shall  be  open  to  inspection  by  the  public. 

SEC.  9.  The  said  Board  shall  meet  on  the  call  of  its  Chairman,  or 
upon  the  request  of  a  majority  of  its  members,  at  the  office  of  the 
State  Superintendent  of  Education,  or  at  such  other  place  as  may  be 
designated  in  the  call.  A  majority  of  the  Board  shall  constitute  a 
quorum  for  transacting  business.  The  official  seal  of  the  State  Su- 
perintendent of  Education  shall  be  used  for  the  authentication  of  the 
acts  of  the  State  Board.  The  members  of  the  State  Board  of  Educa- 
tion appointed  by  the  Governor  shall  receive  as  compensation  the 
same  mileage  and  per  diem  as  is  provided  for  members  of  the  Gene- 
ral Assembly,  not  exceeding  twenty  days  in  any  one  year. 

SEC.  10.  The  State  Board  of  Education  shall  constitute  an  advisory 
body,  with  whom  the  State  Superintendent  of  Education  shall  have 
the  right  to  consult  when  he  is  in  doubt  as  to  his  official  duty;  and 
shall  have  power  to  review  on  appeal  all  decisions  of  the  County 
Boards  of  Education,  as  hereinafter  provided  for.  Appeals  to  the 
State  Board  of  Education  must  be  made  through  the  County  Boards 
of  Education  in  writing,  and  must  distinctly  set  forth  the  question 
of  law  as  well  as  the  facts  of  the  case  upon  which  the  appeal  is  taken, 
and  the  decision  of  the  State  Board  shall  be  final  upon  the  matter  at 
issue. 

SEC.  11.    The  State  Board  of  Education  shall  have  power:   1st. 


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To  adopt  rules  and  regulations  not  inconsistent  with  the  laws  of  the 
State  for  its  own  government  and  for  the  government  of  the  free 
public  schools.  2d.  To  prescribe  and  enforce  rules  for  the  examin- 
ation of  teachers.  3d.  To  prescribe  a  standard  of  proficiency  before 
County  Boards  of  Education  which  will  entitle  persons  examined 
by  such  Boards  to  certificates  as  teachers.  4th.  To  prescribe  and 
enforce  the  course  of  study  in  the  free  public  schools.  5th.  To 
prescribe  and  to  enforce,  as  far  as  practicable,  the  use  of  a  uniform 
series  of  text  books  in  the  free  public  schools  of  the  State,  to  enter 
into  an  agreement  with  the  publishers  of  the  books  prescribed,  fix- 
ing the  time  of  prescription  and  the  price  above  which  the  books 
shall  not  be  retailed  during  the  period  of  prescription,  and  a  rate  of 
discount  at  not  less  than  which  the  books  shall  be  furnished  to  the 
retail  dealers  in  this  State;  to  require  the  publishers,  in  the  discre- 
tion of  the  Board,  to  establish  in  each  County  one  or  more  deposito- 
ries of  their  books  within  the  State  at  such  place  or  places  as  the 
Board  may  designate  and  where  such  books  may  be  obtained  with- 
out delay;  and  to  exact  of  the  publishers  a  bond  in  the  sum  of  not 
more  than  five  thousand  dollars  conditioned  for  the  faithful  per- 
formance of  the  agreement,  and  with  a  penalty  of  twenty-five  dollars 
for  each  violation  of  the  agreement,  the  form  and  execution  of  the 
bond  to  be  approved  by  the  Attorney  General  of  the  State,  which 
agreement  and  bond  shall  be  deposited  with  the  State  Treasurer,  all 
recoveries  thereon  to  go  into  the  State  Treasury  for  school  purposes: 
Provided,  That  the  State  Board  of  Education  shall  not  have  power, 
without  permission  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State,  to  change 
a  text  book  within  five  (5)  years  from  the  date  of  its  adoption,  ex- 
cept for  violation  of  the  agreement  entered  into  by  its  publisher 
with  the  State  Board  of  Education,  for  which  cause  it  may  be 
changed  by  the  said  Board,  and  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  teacher 
drawing  public  school  money  to  use  any  book  not  prescribed  by  the 
State  Board  of  Education,  without  the  consent,  in  writing,  of  said 
Board.  6th.  To  grant  State  teachers'  certificates,  and  to  revoke 
them  for  immoral  or  unprofessional  conduct,  profanity  or  evident 
uufitness  for  teaching.  7th.  To  review  on  appeal  an  order  revoking 
a  County  certificate:  Provided,  That  no  certificate  be  required  of 
examination  or  proficiency  from  any  applicant  for  teachers  in  city 
schools  of  Charleston  having  diplomas  from  the  Memminger  Normal 
School  in  the  city  of  Charleston,  whether  regular  or  extra  teachers, 
but  they  shall  be  alone  subjected  to  such  examinations  and  condi- 
tions as  may  be  required  by  the  Board  of  Commissioners  of  the  city 
public  schools  of  Charleston.  8th.  To  award  scholarships  created 


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by  the  General  Assembly  in  the  institutions  of  learning  supported 
in  whole  or  in  part  by  the  State. 

SEC.  12.  ]^o  child  shall  be  counted  in  the  enrollment  more  than 
once,  nor  in  more  than  one  school  district  in  any  one  school  year, 
and  the  school  officer  charged  with  the  duty  of  enrollment  willfully 
violating  this  provision  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor.  The 
teacher  or  principal  of  every  school  shall  keep  and  furnish  annually 
to  the  Trustees  of  the  School  District  a  list  of  all  pupils  that  have 
attended  the  school  during  the  preceding  scholastic  year,  showing 
the  names  of  the  pupils,  their  respective  places  of  residence,  and 
the  number  of  days  each  pupil  has  attended,  which  list  shall  be  cer- 
tified to  the  County  Board  of  Education  by  said  Trustees  on  or  be- 
fore the  1st  day  of  August  in  every  year. 

COUNTY  SUPERINTENDENT   OF  EDUCATION. 

SEC.  13.  At  the  expiration  of  the  terms  of  office  of  the  School 
Commissioners  of  the  several  Counties  of  the  State  there  shall  be 
elected  by  the  qualified  electors  of  the  County  a  County  Superin- 
tendent of  Education  for  each  County,  who  shall  hold  his  office  for 
the  term  of  two  years  and  until  his  successor  is  elected  and  quali- 
fied. He  shall,  before  being  commissioned  and  entering  upon  the 
duties  of  his  office,  give  bond  to  the  State,  for  the  use  of  the  County 
in  which  he  is  elected  for  educational  purposes,  in  the  penal  sum  of 
one  thousand  dollars,  with  good  and  sufficient  sureties,  to  be  ap- 
proved by  the  County  Board  of  Commissioners,  conditioned  for  the 
faithful  and  impartial  discharge  of  the  duties  of  his  office,  and  shall 
take  and  subscribe  the  oath  of  office  prescribed  in  Section  26,  Arti- 
cle III.,  of  the  Constitution  of  this  State,  which  he  shall  file  in  the 
office  of  the  Secretary  of  State.  When  commissioned  he  shall  im- 
mediately enter  upon  the  discharge  of  his  duties.  His  failure  to 
qualify  within  thirty  days  after  notice  of  his  election  shall  create  a 
vackncy. 

SEC.  14.  The  State  Board  of  Education  shall  fill  all  vacancies  in 
the  office  of  County  Superintendent  of  Education  for  the  unexpired 
term. 

SEC.  15.  The  salary  of  the  County  Superintendent  of  Education 
of  each  County  shall  be  the  same  as  that  now  fixed  or  hereafter  to 
be  fixed  by  law  for  the  School  Commissioner  thereof,  except  in 
Chester  County,  in  which  the  salary  shall  be  five  hundred  dollars, 
payable  monthly,  by  the  County  Board  of  Commissioners,  out  of 
the  ordinary  County  funds;  and  he  shall  be  allowed  one  hundred 
dollars  per  annum  for  traveling  expenses,  if  so  much  be  necessary, 
payable  in  the  same  manner,  upon  an  itemized  statement  of  such 


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expenses  being  filed  with  said  Board:  Provided,  Nothing  shall  be 
allowed  for  traveling  expenses  in  the  CoVmties  of  Saluda,  Edgefield, 
Darlington,  and  Berkeley. 

SEC.  16.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  e.ach  County  Superintendent  of 
Education  to  visit  the  schools  in  his  County  at  least  once  in  each 
year,  and  oftener  if  practicable,  and  to  note  the  course  and  method 
of  instruction  and  the  branches  taught,  and  to  give  such  recommend- 
ation, in  the  art  of  teaching  and  the  method  thereof,  in  each  school 
as  shall  be  necessary,  so  that  uniformity  in  the  course  of  studies  and 
method  of  instruction  employed  shall  be  secured,  as  far  as  practica- 
ble, in  the  schools  of  the  several  grades  respectively.  He  shall 
acquaint  himself,  as  far  as  practicable,  with  the  character  and  con- 
dition of  each  school,  noting  any  deficiencies  that  may  exist,  either 
in  the  government  of  the  school  or  the  classification  of  its  pupils  or 
the  method  of  instruction  employed  in  the  several  branches,  and 
shall  make  such  suggestions  in  private  to  the  teachers  as  to  him 
shall  appear  necessary  to  the  good  order  of  the  school  and  the  pro- 
gress of  the  pupils.  He  shall  note  the  character  and  condition  of 
the  school  houses,  the  sufficiency  or  insufficiency  of  the  furniture, 
and  shall  make  such  suggestions  to  the  several  Boards  of  Trustees 
as  in  his  opinion  shall  seem  conducive  to  the  comfort  and  progress 
of  the  several  schools.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  each  County  Super- 
intendent of  Education  to  aid  the  teachers  in  all  proper  efforts 
to  improve  themselves  in  their  profession.  For  this  purpose  he 
shall  encourage  the  formation  of  associations  of  teachers  for  common 
improvement  and  conduct  teachers'  institutes.  He  shall  attend  the 
meetings  of  such  associations  and  give  such  advice  and  instruction 
in  regard  to  their  conduct  and  management  as  in  his  judgment  will 
contribute  to  their  greater  efficiency. 

SEC.  17.  The  County  Superintendent  of  Education  shall  attend 
the  annual  settlements  of  the  County  Treasurer  with  the  Comp- 
troller General. 

SEC.  18.  The  annual  report  of  the  County  Superintendent  of  Edu- 
cation shall  contain  the  complete  statistics  of  all  schools  within  his 
County  supported  in  whole  or  in  part  from  the  public  funds,  as  may 
be  required  of  him  by  the  State  Superintendent  of  Education. 

SEC.  19.  The  County  Superintendent  of  Education  shall  make  an 
annual  report  of  all  claims  filed,  audited,  allowed  and  ordered  paid 
by  him  during  each  school  year  to  the  presiding  Judge  at  the  second 
term  of  the  Court  of  General  Sessions  for  each  County  which  shall 
be  held  after  the  first  day  of  January  in  each  year,  which  report  shall 
be  submitted  by  said  Judge  to  the  Grand  Jury  for  their  examination: 
Provided,  That  after  examination  the  Grand  Jury  shall  report  thereon 


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to  the  presiding  Judge  any  matter  growing  out  of  or  pertaining  to 
said  annual  report,  which  to  them  may  seem  worthy  of  the  attention 
of  the  Court.  The  said  report  shall  thereupon  be  filed  by  the  Clerk 
of  said  Court  and  kept  as  papers  of  said  Court  for  inspection  by  any 
citizen  desirous  of  examining  the  same. 

SEC.  20.  The  County  Board  of  Commissioners  of  each  County  are 
authorized  and  required  to  furnish  the  County  Superintendent  of 
Education  of  their  County  with  a  comfortable  and  convenient  office 
and  suitable  office  furniture,  and  to  supply  said  office  with  fuel, 
lights,  stationery,  postage,  and  such  other  incidentals  as  are  neces- 
sary to  the  proper  transaction  of  the  legitimate  business  of  his  office. 

SEC.  21.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  County  Superintendent  of 
Education,  on  or  before  the  fifteenth  day  of  July  in  each  year,  to 
report  to  the  County  Treasurer  by  school  districts  all  school  claims 
approved  by  him  for  the  school  year  last  preceding,  and  the  County 
Treasurer  shall  thereupon  close  the  school  accounts  for  that  year, 
carrying  over  any  balance  to  the  credit  of  each  school  district  of  the 
then  current  fiscal  year. 

SEC.  22.  The  County  Superintendent  of  Education  shall  keep  a 
register  of  all  claims  approved  by  him  and  of  such  other  matters  as 
the  State  Superintendent  of  Education  shall  require  of  him  and  in 
the  form  prescribed  by  the  State  Superintendent. 

SEC.  23.  The  County  Superintendent  of  Education  shall  furnish 
the  School  Trustees  of  his  County  with  copies  of  the  reports  made 
to  him  by  the  County  Auditor  and  County  Treasurer  as  to  the  per- 
sons listed  and  paying  poll  tax,  and  shall  aid  the  Trustees  in  making 
all  proper  corrections. 

SEC.  24.  The  County  Superintendent  of  Education  shall  keep  in 
his  office  a  die,  in  a  circular  form,  upon  the  centre  of  which  shall  be 
engraved  in  capital  letters  the  word  "seal,"  and  on  the  circumfer- 
ence the  proper  words  indicating  the  office,  which  shall  be  regarded 
as  the  seal  of  the  office,  and  which  the  County  Superintendent  of 
Education  shall  be  required  to  impress  upon  all  papers  issued  from 
his  office,  and  affix  his  name  to  such  paper.  And  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  County  Board  of  Commissioners  in  each  County  to  fur- 
nish the  County  Superintendent  of  Education  of  their  respective 
Counties  with  such  seal. 

COUNTY  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION. 

SEC.  25.  There  shall  be  a  County  Board  of  Education  in  each 
County,  composed  of  the  County  Superintendent  of  Education  and 
two  other  persons  of  such  County,  to  be  appointed  by  the  State 
Board  of  Education,  who  shall  hold  their  office  for  the  term  of  two 


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years  from  the  time  of  their  appointment,  and  until  their  successors 
shall  be  qualified,  unless  sooner  removed  by  the  State  Board  of  Edu- 
cation. No  person  shall  be  appointed  a  member  of  the  "County 
Board  of  Education''  unless  he  is  qualified  to  hold  a  first  grade  cer- 
tificate. 

SEC.  26.  The  County  Board  of  Education  shall  examine  all  can- 
didates for  the  position  of  teacher,  and  give  to  each  person  found 
qualified  a  certificate  setting  forth  the  branches  of  learning  he  or 
she  may  be  capable  of  teaching,  and  the  percentage  attained  in  each 
branch;  said  certificate  to  be  valid  for  a  term  of  two  years,  unless 
sooner  revoked,  and  it  may  be  renewed  with  or  without  examina- 
tion, at  the  discretion  of  the  Board,  all  of  which  shall  be  done  under 
such  regulations  as  the  State  Board  of  Education  may  prescribe. 
No  teacher  shall  be  employed  in  any  of  the  free  public  schools  with- 
out a  certificate  from  the  County  Board  of  Education  or  the  State 
Board  of  Education:  Provided,  That  no  examination  as  to  qualifica- 
tion shall  be  made  in  the  case  of  any  applicant  who  produces  a  full 
diploma  from  any  chartered  college  or  university  of  this  State  or 
Memminger  Normal  School  of  Charleston,  and  furnishes  satisfactory 
evidence  of  good  moral  character.  The  two  members  of  the  Board 
appointed  by  the  State  Board  of  Education  shall  receive  for  the  ser- 
vices rendered  by  them  compensation  at  the  rate  of  three  dollars  per 
diem  for  not  exceeding  seven  days  in  each  year,  and  mileage  of  five 
cents  for  each  mile  of  necessary  travel,  the  same  to  be  paid  by  the 
County  Board  of  Commissioners  out  of  the  ordinary  County  funds. 

SEC.  27.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  County  Board  of  Education 
and  of  the  Boards  of  Trustees  hereinafter  provided  for  to  see  that  in 
every  school  under  their  care  there  shall  be  taught,  as  far  as  practi- 
cable, orthography,  reading,  writing,  arithmetic,  geography,  Eng- 
lish grammar,  the  elements  of  agriculture,  history  of  the  United 
States  and  of  this  State,  the  principles  of  the  Constitution,  and  laws 
of  the  United  States  and  of  this  State,  morals  and  good  behavior, 
algebra,  physiology,  and  hygiene,  and  especially  as  to  the  effects  of 
alcoholic  liquors  and  narcotics  upon  the  human  .system,  English 
literature,  and  such  other  branches  as  the  State  Board  may  from 
time  to  time  direct. 

SEC.  28.  The  County  Boards  of  Education  of  the  several  Counties 
of  this  State  shall  levy  an  annual  tax  of  three  mills  on 'the  dollar 
upon  all  the  taxable  property  in  their  respective  Counties,  which 
tax  shall  be  collected  at  the  same  time  and  by  the  same  officers  as 
the  other  taxes  for  the  same  year,  and  shall  be  held  in  the  County 
treasury  of  the  respective  Counties;  and  on  the  first  day  of  July  of 
each  year,  or  as  soon  as  practicable  thereafter,  the  said  fund  shall 


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be  apportioned  by  the  said  County  Boards  respectively  among  the 
school  districts  of  their  respective  Counties  in  proportion  to  the 
number  of  pupils  enrolled  in  the  public  schools  of  such  school  dis- 
tricts; and  the  said  County  Boards  shall  ascertain  the  amount  of 
poll  taxes  collected  in  and  for  each  school  district  of  their  respective 
Counties,  and  shall  notify  the  County  Treasurer  and  the  Trustees  of 
each  school  district  of  the  amount  of  such  poll  taxes,  as  well  as  of 
the  amount  of  the  aforesaid  fund  apportioned  by  them  to  each  school 
district.  The  school  funds  of  each  school  district  shall  be  distrib- 
uted and  expended  by  the  Board  of  Trustees  for  the  best  interest  of 
the  school  district,  according  to  the  judgment  of  the  Board  of  Trus- 
tees, on  their  warrant  approved  by  the  County  Superintendent  of 
Education.  For  the  purpose  of  said  apportionment,  pupils  shall 
not  be  deemed  enrolled  until  after  an  attendance  of  at  least  ten 
school  days  during  the  preceding  scholastic  year:  Provided,  That 
the  apportionment  of  funds  until  the  expiration  of  the  fiscal  year 
1896  shall  be  as  now  provided  by  law. 

SEC.  29.  The  County  Board  of  Education  shall  constitute  an  ad- 
visory body,  with  whom  the  County  Superintendent  of  Education 
shall  have  the  right  to  consult  when  he  is  in  doubt  as  to  his  official 
duty,  and  also  a  tribunal  for  determining  any  matter  of  local  con- 
troversy in  reference  to  the  construction  or  administration  of  the 
school  laws,  with  the  power  to  summon  witnesses  and  take  testimony 
if  necessary;  and  when  they  have  made  a  decision  said  decision  shall 
be  binding  upon  the  parties  to  the  controversy:  Provided,  That  either 
of  the  parties  shall  have  the  right  to  appeal  to  the  State  Board  of 
Education,  and  said  appeal  shall  be  made  through  the  County  Board 
of  Education  in  writing,  and  shall  distinctly  set  forth  the  question  in 
dispute,  the  decision  of  the  County  Board,  and  the  testimony  as 
agreed  upon  by  the  parties  to  the  controversy,  or,  if  they  fail  to 
agree,  upon  the  testimony  as  reported  by  the  County  Board. 

SEC.  30.  The  County  Board  of  Education  shall  meet  for  the  pur- 
pose of  examining  applicants  for  teacher's  certificates  and  the  trans- 
action of  other  business,  at  least  twice  a  year,  at  such  places  and  at 
such  times  as  'the  State  Board  of  Education  shall  appoint.  The 
County  Superintendent  shall  be  Chairman  and  Clerk  of  the  Board, 
and  shall  keep  a  fair  record  of  their  proceedings,  and  register  of  the 
name,  age,  sex,  color,  residence  and  date  of  certificate  of  each  per- 
son to  whom  a  certificate  is  issued,  and  in  case  the  certificate  be  can- 
celled, shall  make  a  proper  entry  of  the  same.  The  Board  shall  have 
power  to  revoke  any  certificate  granted  by  them,  for  immoral  or 
improper  conduct  or  evident  unfitness  for  teaching.  The  Board 
shall  hold  as  many  additional  meetings  during  the  year  as  the  interest 


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of  the  free  public  schools  of  the  County  may  require,  subject  to  reg- 
ulations, prescribed  by  the  State  Board  of  Education. 

SEC.  31.  The  County  Boards  of  Education  shall  divide  their  Coun- 
ties into  convenient  school  districts,  as  compact  in  form  as  practicable, 
having  regard  to  natural  boundaries,  and  not  to  exceed  forty-nine 
nor  be  less  than  nine  sqnare  miles  in  area:  Provided,  That  in  cities 
of  ten  thousand  inhabitants  and  over,  this  limitation  of  area  shall 
not  apply:  Provided,  further,  That  when  any  school  district  laid  out 
under  this  Section  shall  embrace  cities  or  towns  already  organized 
into  special  school  districts  in  which  graded  school  buildings  have 
been  erected  by  the  issue  of  bonds,  or  by  special  taxation,  or  by  do- 
nation, all  the  territory  included  in  said  school  district  shall  bear  its 
just  proportion  of  any  tax  that  may  be  levied  to  liquidate  such 
bonds  or  support  the  public  schools  therein.  The  present  division 
of  the  Counties  into  school  districts  shall  remain  until  changed  by 
the  County  Boards  of  Education.  The  County  Boards  of  Education 
are  authorized  and  empowered  to  make  contracts  for  the  purpose  of 
dividing  their  Counties  into  proper  school  districts,  and  to  provide 
for  the  payment  of  the  expenses  thereof  out  of  the  school  funds  of 
the  County.  Every  school  district  now  organized  or  to  be  hereafter 
organized  in  pursuance  of  this  Section  is,  and  shall  be,  a  body  politic 
and  corporate,  by  the  name  and  style  of  School  District  No.  - 
(such  number  as  may  be  designated  by  the  County  Board  of  Educa- 
tion), of —  -  County  (the  name  of  the  County  in  which  the 
district  is  situated),  the  State  of  South  Carolina,  and  in  that  name 
may  sue  and  be  sued,  and  be  capable  of  contracting  and  being  con- 
tracted with  to  the  extent  of  their  school  fund,  and  holding  such  real 
and  personal  estate  as  it  may  come  into  possession  of  by  will  or 
otherwise,  or  as  is  authorized  by  law  to  be  purchased,  all  of  which 
shall  be  used  exclusively  for  school  purposes. 

SEC.  32.  Each  school  district  shall  be  under  the  management  and 
control  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  hereinafter  provided  for,  subject  to 
the  supervision  of  the  County  Board  of  Education. 

SEO.  33.  The  school  districts  of  the  several  Counties  of  the  State 
are  hereby  made  and  declared  to  be  the  divisions  of  the  Counties  for 
taxation  for  all  school  purposes. 

SEC.  34.  That  the  voters  of  any  school  district  who  return  real  or 
personal  property  of  the  value  of  one  hundred  dollars  for  taxation 
are  authorized  to  levy  and  collect  an  annual  tax  to  supplement  any 
Constitutional  or  other  tax  for  like  purposes,  and  all  electors  voting 
in  such  election  imposing  such  extra  levy  of  tax  for  school  purposes 
shall  exhibit  their  tax  receipts  and  registration  certificates  as  re- 
quired in  other  general  elections,  and  for  said  purposes  the  Trus- 

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tees  of  said  school  districts,  up#u  the  written  request  of  six  resident 
freeholders  of  the  age  of  twentj'-one  years,  shall  call  a  public  meet- 
ing of  said  taxpayers  at  any  time  before  the  first  day  of  June  of  any 
fiscal  year,  which  meeting  must  be  advertised  in  a  newspaper  pub- 
lished in  such  city,  incorporated  town  or  village  once  a  week  for 
two  weeks,  or  posted  in  three  conspicuous  places  in  such  school  dis- 
trict for  said  length  of  time,  and  when  assembled  a  ballot  shall  be 
had,  and  if  a  majority  shall  vote  to  levy  such  special  tax,  not  ex- 
ceeding four  mills,  the  Trustees  shall,  after  having  notice  of  same 
posted  in  at  least  three  public  places  within  the  district  for  not  less 
than  ten  days,  order  an  election,  at  which  election  only  such  tax- 
payers as  above  mentioned  shall  vote,  that  within  ten  days  after  such 
election,  if  a  majority  of  those  voting  shall  vote  for  such  levy,  the 
Board  of  Trustees  shall  furnish  the  County  Auditor  with  a  statement 
of  the  amount  so  levied  and  the  Auditor  shall  enter  the  same  in  the 
tax  duplicates,  and  he  shall  annually  each  year.thereafter  enter  said 
amount  in  the  tax  duplicate  until  the  same  is  increased,  decreased 
or  repealed  by  said  taxpayers,  at  a  meeting  called  for  that  purpose, 
and  he  is  notified  that  the  same  is  increased,  decreased  or  repealed, 
and,  if  increased  or  decreased,  he  shall  annually  enter  it  as  before, 
which  meeting  shall  be  called  and  notice  given  in  the  same  way  and 
manner  as  is  herein  provided  for  the  calling  of  meetings  to  make 
the  levy,  and  the  giving  of  the  notice  that  it  has  been  made,  and  the 
County  Treasurer  shall  collect  the  same  as  other  County  and  State 
taxes;  such  levy  shall  be  a  lien  on  the  property  in  such  school  dis- 
trict which  shall  be  subject  thereto  in  case  of  default  of  payment. 
That  said  tax  so  collected  shall  be  paid  out  by  the  County  Treasurer 
upon  warrants  drawn  by  the  Board  of  Trustees,  countersigned  by 
the  County  Superintendent  of  Education:  Provided,  That  any  sur- 
plus of  such  levy  remaining  in  the  hands  of  the  County  Treasurer 
at  the  expiration  of  any  fiscal  year  shall  be  paid  out  as  other  school 
funds  of  the  district.  Each  taxpayer,  when  he  pays  any  taxes  for 
school  purposes  voted  under  the  provisions  of  this  Section,  shall 
have  the  right  to  designate  to  which  school  in  said  school  district  he 
wishes  the  money  paid  by  him  to  go,  and  the  Treasurer  shall  keep 
a  note  of  such  designation,  and  the  money  be  applied  as  thus  desig- 
nated. When  no  designation  is  made  by  the  taxpayer  at  the  time 
of  such  payment,  the  money  shall  be  expended  as  other  school  funds 
in  such  district:  Provided,  That  nothing  herein  contained  shall  be 
construed  to  change  the  manner  now  provided  by  law  for  the  collec- 
tion and  paying  out  of  special  taxes  in  any  school  district  now  es- 
tablished by  any  special  Act  of  the  General  Assembly  and  organized 
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SEC.  35.  That  whenever  it  shall  happen  that,  by  reason  of  the  lo- 
cation of  special  school  districts,  portions  of  two  adjacent  Counties 
should,  for  convenience  be  included  in  one  school  district,  the 
County  Boards  of  Education  of  such  Counties  are  hereby  authorized 
and  directed  in  joint  conference  to  make  such  regulations  as  will 
enable  such  sections  to  be  established  into  a  separate  school  district. 

TRUSTEES. 

SEC.  36.  Each  County  Board  of  Education,  on  the  first  Tuesday 
of  July,  1896,  and  on  the  first  Tuesday  of  July  every  two  years 
thereafter,  shall  appoint  for  each  school  district  in  their  County 
three  School  Trustees  from  the  qualified  electors  and  taxpayers 
residing  within  the  district,  who  shall  hold  their  office  for  two  years 
and  until  their  successors  are  appointed  and  qualified,  unless  sooner 
removed  by  the  County  Board  of  Education.  The  County  Board  of 
Education  shall  have  power  to  fill,  from  time  to  time,  all  vacancies 
in  Boards  of  Trustees.  The  School  Trustees  shall  meet  as  a  Board 
as  soon  and  as  often  as  practicable  after  havi'ng  been  appointed  and 
qualified,  at  such  place  as  may  be  most  convenient  in  the  district, 
and  at  their  first  meeting  they  shall  organize  by  electing  one  of  their 
number  Chairman  of  the  Board,  who  shall  preside  at  the  official 
meeting  of  the  Board,  and  another  Clerk  of  the  Board,  who  shall 
record  their  proceedings  in  a  book  provided  for  that  purpose.  Each 
member  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  shall  be  duly  notified  of  all  meet- 
ings of  the  Board  by  the  Clerk  of  the  Board.  The  terms  of  office 
of  all  Trustees  now  in  office  shall  expire  on  the  30th  day  of  June, 
1896:  Provided,  That  the  foregoing  provisions  of  this  Section  shall 
n.ot  apply  to  special  and  graded  school  districts  created  by  special 
Acts,  but  that  the  Trustees  and  School  Commissioners  of  all  special 
and  graded  school  districts  shall  remain  the  same  in  number,  and 
shall  be  elected  or  appointed  in  the  same  manner,  and  shall  hold 
office  for  the  same  time  as  is  provided  for  in  the  respective  special 
Acts,  except  that  in  the  special  school  districts  where  the  Trustees 
or  their  successors  are  appointed  by  the  State  Superintendent  of 
Education  under  the  provisions  of  the  special  Acts  the  Trustees 
shall  hold  office  until  the  first  Tuesday  in  July,  1896,  on  which  day, 
and  on  the  same  day  every  two  years  thereafter,  the  Trustees  shall 
elected  by  the  qualified  electors  of  such  school  district.  The 
election  for  all  Trustees  for  all  such  school  districts  shall  be  by  ballot, 
and  shall  be  conducted  under  the  supervision  of  three  qualified 
electors  residing  within  the  district,  who  shall  be  appointed  by  the 
County  Board  of  Education  at  least  ten  days  prior  to  the  holding  of 
the  election.  The  manager  shall  report  the  result  of  the  election  to 


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the  County  Board  of  Education  within  ten  days  thereafter,  which 
Board  shall  commission  the  Trustees  so  elected.  The  Board  of 
Trustees  of  each  special  or  graded  school  district  shall  elect  from 
their  number  a  Chairman,  who  shall  preside  at  their  meetings,  and 
a  Secretary,  or  a  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  who  shall  record  the  pro- 
ceedings of  the  Board,  and  who  shall  keep  a  full  and  accurate 
account  of  all  moneys  received  and  expended,  showing  the  source 
and  disposition  of  each  item,  and  who  shall  make  a  complete  item- 
ized report  of  the  receipts  and  disbursements  for  each  scholastic 
year  to  the  County  Superintendent  of  Education  on  or  before  the 
15th  day  of  July  of  each  year.  The  books  and  vouchers  of  the 
Secretary  and  Treasurer  shall  be  open  at  all  times  to  inspection  by 
the  public. 

No  Trustees  of  any  public  school  district  or  any  special  or  graded 
school  district  shall  be  a  Trustee  of  or  stockholder  in  any  private  or 
other  school  or  institution  for  higher  education  in  this  State. 

SEC.  37.  The  Board  of  Trustees  in  each  school  district  shall  take 
the  management  and  control  of  the  local  educational  interests  of  the 
same,  and  shall  visit  each  school  in  their  district  at  least  once  in 
every  school  term,  and  shall  be  subject  to  the  supervision  and  orders 
of  the  County  Board  of  Education. 

SEC.  38.  The  Board  of  Trustees  shall  hold  a  regular  session  in 
their  school  district  at  least  two  weeks  before  the  commencement  of 
any  or  every  school  term,  for  the  transaction  of  any  and  all  business 
necessary  to  the  prosperity  of  the  schools,  with  power  to  adjourn 
from  time  to  time,  and  to  hold  special  meetings  at  any  time  or  place 
when  called  upon  by  the  Chairman  or  any  two  members  of  the  Board. 

SEC.  39.  The  School  Trustees  of  the  several  school  districts  are 
authorized  and  empowered  to  sell  any  school  property,  real  or  per- 
sonal, in  their  school  districts  whenever  they  deem  it  expedient  to 
do  so,  and  to  apply  the  proceeds  of  sale  or  sales  to  the  school  fund 
of  the  district  wherein  such  sale  is  made:  Provided,  That  the  con- 
sent of  the  County  Board  of  Education  be  first  obtained  by  the 
Trustees  desiring  to  make  such  sale. 

That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  said  Board  of  Trustees  within  thirty 
days  after  said  sale  to  enclose  a  report  of  the  same  to  the  County 
Board  of  Education,  setting  forth  the  terms  and  amount  of  said  sale. 

SEC.  40.  When  it  shall  so  happen  that  persons  are  so  situated  as  to 
be  better  accommodated  at  the  school  of  an  adjoining  school  district, 
whether  special  or  otherwise,  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  school 
district  in  which  such  persons  reside  may  transfer  such  persons  for 
education  to  the  school  district  in  which  such  school  is  located;  and 
the  Trustees  of  the  school  district  where  the  school  is  located  may 


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receive  such  persons  into  the  school  as  though  they  resided  within 
the  district  upon  sucMi  terms  as  may  be  agreed:  Provided,  That  chil- 
dren shall  not  be  transferred  from  a  school  district  in  one  County  to 
a  school  district  in  an  adjoining  County  without  the  consent  of  the 
Board  of  Education  of  the  respective  Counties  in  which  the  transfer 
is  made:  Provided,  further,  That  if  any  taxpayer  pays  taxes  in  two 
or  more  Counties,  he  shall  have  the  right  to  send  his  children  to  the 
schools  of  any  one  of  such  Counties. 

SEC.  41.  Each  school  teacher  shall  make  out  and  file  with  the 
Clerk  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  at  the  expiration  of  each  school 
month,  a  full  and  complete  report  of  the  whole  number  of  pupils 
admitted  to  the  school  during  each  mouth,  distinguishing  between 
male  and  female,  the  average  attendance,  the  branches  taught,  the. 
number  of  pupils  engaged  in  studying  each  of  said  branches,  and 
such  statistics  as  he  or  she  may  be  required  to  make  by  the  County 
Board  of  Education:  Provided,  That  whenever  a  teacher  is  unavoid- 
ably prevented  from  filing  said  report  at  the  expiration  of  any  school 
month,  the  Board  of  School  Trustees  may  have  authority  to  receive 
the  report  within  a  reasonable  time  thereafter,  if  in  their  opinion  the 
reasons  for  the  delay  are  good  and  sufficient.  On  the  filing  of  the 
teacher's  report,  and  its  approval  by  the  Board  of  Trustees,  their 
clerk  shall  draw  an  order  in  duplicate  on  the  County  Treasurer  for 
the  amount  due  such  teacher,  which  shall  be  signed  by  the  Board, 
which  order,  if  accompanied  by  a  copy  of  said  monthly  report,  and 
approved  by  the  County  Superintendent  of  Education,  shall  be 
countersigned  by  him  and  the  duplicate  filed  in  his  office. 

SEC.  42.  All  claims,  of  every  description  whatever,  which  are 
chargeable  against  the  fund  raised  for  the  support  of  the  free  public 
schools  of  the  State,  except  such  as  are  otherwise  provided  for  by 
law,  must  be  signed  by  at  least  a  majority  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 
of  the  school  district  against  which  the  claims  are  chargeable;  and 
the  correctness  and  legality  of  the  same  shall  be  sworn  to  and  sub- 
scribed by  the  person  presenting  such  claim,  before  it  shall  be 
approved  by  the  person  or  persons  authorized  by  law  to  give  such 
approval.  School  Trustees  and  County  Superintendents  of  Educa- 
tion shall,  free  of  charge,  administer  oaths  to  persons  presenting  the 
claims  cantemplated  by  this  Section. 

SEC.  43.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  a  School  Trustee  to  receive  pay 
as  a  teacher  of  a  free  public  school. 

SEC.  44.  The  Board  of  Trustees  shall  also  have  authority,  and  it 
shall  be  their  duty:  1st.  To  provide  suitable  school  houses  in  their 
districts,  and  to  make  the  same  comfortable,  paying  due  regard  to 
any  school  house  already  built  or  site  procured,  as  well  as  to  all 


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other  circumstances  jproper  to  be  considered,  so  as  best  to  promote 
the  educational  interests  of  their  district.  2d.  To  employ  teachers 
from  those  having  certificates  from  their  County  Board  of  Exami- 
ners, or  from  the  State  Board  of  Education,  and  fix  their  salaries, 
and  to  discharge  the  same  when  good  and  sufficient  reasons  for  so 
doing  present  themselves,  subject  to  the  supervision  of  the  County 
Board  of  Education.  3d.  To  suspend  or  dismiss  pupils  when  the 
best  interests  of  the  schools  make  it  necessary.  4th.  To  call  meet- 
ings of  the  qualified  electors  of  the  district  for  consultation  in  regard 
to  the  school  interests  thereof,  at  which  meetings  the  Chairman  or 
other  member  of  the  Board  shall  preside  if  present.  5th.  To  take 
care  of,  manage,  and  control  the  school  property  of  the  district. 
6th.  To*  visit  the  free  public  schools  within  their  district  from  time 
to  time,  and  to  take  care  that  they  are  conducted  according  to  law 
and  with  the  utmost  efficiency.  7th.  They  shall  be  allowed  to  cross 
all  bridges  or  ferries  free  of  charge  when  they  are  traveling  on 
official  business. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

SEC.  45.  The  County  Auditor  shall  require  each  taxpayer  to  return 
the  number  and  name  of  the  school  district  in  which  he  resides 
when  he  makes  his  tax  return,  and  the  Auditor  shall  state  the  same 
in  a  separate  column  in  the  tax  duplicates. 

SEC.  46.  The  County  Auditor,  when  he  has  completed  the  tax 
duplicates,  shall  report  to  the  County  Superintendent  of  Education 
by  school  districts  the  names  listed  for  poll  tax  and  the  amount  of 
taxable  property  where  there  is  a  special  levy. 

SEC.  47.  The  several  County  Treasurers  shall  retain  all  the  poll 
tax  collected  in  their  respective  Counties,  and  it  is  hereby  made  the 
duty  of  the  said  County  Treasurer  in  collecting  the  poll  tax  to  keep 
an  account  of  the  exact  amount  of  said  tax  collected  in  each  school 
district  in  his  County,  and  the  poll  tax  collected  therein  shall  be 
expended  for  school  purposes  in  the  school  district  from  which  it 
was  collected;  and  any  violation  of  this  Section  by  the  County 
Treasurer  shall  constitute,  and  is  hereby  declared,  a  misdemeanor, 
and  on  conviction  thereof  the  said  County  Treasurer  shall  pay  a  fine 
of  not  more  than  five  hundred  dollars,  to  be  used  for  school  pur- 
poses in  the  County  suffering  from  such  violation,  or  imprisonment, 
in  the  discretion  of  the  court. 

SEC.  48.  That  each  County  Treasurer,  when  he  has  finished  the 
collection  of  taxes  for  his  County,  shall  report  to  the  County  Super- 
intendent of  Education  the  names  of  the  persons  in  the  respective 
school  districts  who  have  paid  their  poll  tax. 

SEC.  49.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  each  County  Treasurer  to  report 


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monthly,  on  the  fifteenth  day  of  each  month,  to  the  County  Super- 
intendent of  Education  of  bis  County,  the  amount  of  collections 
and  disbursements  made  by  him  for  the  month  on  account  of  school 
tax  and  all  other  school  funds;  and  it  shall  be  a  misdemeanor,  on 
the  part  of  any  County  Treasurer,  to  neglect,  fail,  or  refuse  to  make 
such  report,  and  on  conviction  thereof  he  shall  pay  a  fine  of  not 
more  than  five  hundred  dollars,  the  same  to  be  used  for  school  pur- 
poses in  his  County. 

SEC.  50.  All  moneys  disbursed  by  any  County  Treasurer  on  account 
of  school  funds,  taxes  or  other  school  funds,  shall  be  paid  on  the  or- 
ders of  the  Board  of  School  Trustees,  countersigned  by  the  County 
Superintendent  of  Education,  or  as  otherwise  directed  by  law. 

SEC.  51.  Each  County  Treasurer  shall  make  out  and  forward  to 
the  State  Superintendent  of  Education  annually,  on  the  first  day  of 
November,  a  certified  statement  showing  by  school  districts  the 
amount  of  poll  tax  and  the  amount  of  all  other  school  taxes  collected 
by  him  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  December  next 
preceding;  and  should  any  County  Treasurer  fail,  or  neglect,  or  re- 
fuse to  make  and  forward  the  statement  as  herein  required,  the  State 
Superintendent  of  Education  shall  make  a  written  complaint  to  the 
Circuit  Solicitor  for  the  County  in  which  the  said  Treasurer  resides, 
who  shall  prosecute  the  said  County  Treasurer  for  the  same;  and, 
on  conviction  thereof,  he  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  more  than 
five  hundred  dollars,  the  same  to  be  used  for  free  public  school  pur- 
poses in  his  County. 

SEC.  52.  The  County  Treasurer  shall  carry  forward  all  sums  in  his 
hands  collected  for  any  previous  year  or  years  for  school  purposes 
and  unexpended  to  the  next  fiscal  year,  and  credit  the  same  to  the 
school  district  respectively  for  which  it  was  apportioned,  and  he 
shall  report  the  same  to  the  County  Superintendent  of  Education. 

SEC.  53.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  County  Treasurer,  County 
Auditor,  member  of  County  Board  of  Education,  or  School  Trustee 
to  buy,  discount  or  shave,  directly  or  indirectly,  or  be  in  any  way 
interested  in,  any  teacher's  pay  certificate  or  other  order  on  the 
school  fund,  except  such  as  are  payable  to  him  for  his  own  services. 
If  any  of  the  officers  above  said  shall  violate  the  provisions  of  this 
Section,  he  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and,  on  con- 
viction thereof,  shall  pay  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  hundred  dollars 
nor  more  than  two  thousand  dollars,  to  be  used  for  school  purposes 
in  his  County,  and  shall  be  imprisoned  at  the  discretion  of  the  Court, 
or  either  or  both,  and  shall  forfeit  the  amount  of  such  claim  or  of 
his  interest  in  such  claim;  and  the  County  Board  of  Education  shall 
regulate  the  opening  and  closing  of  the  school  terms  so  as  best  to 


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promote  and  subserve  the  educational  interest  of  the  different  sec- 
tions of  their  Counties:  Provided,  That  all  contracts  which  Boards 
of  Trustees  may  make  in  excess  of  the  funds  apportioned  to  their 
district  shall  be  void. 

SEC.  54.  It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  person  who  is  less  than  six 
or  more  than  twenty-one  years  of  age  to  attend  any  of  the  free  pub- 
lic schools  of  this  State. 

SEC.  55.  The  members  of  the  State  Board  of  Education  appointed 
by  the  Governor,  members  of  the  County  Boards  of  Education  ap- 
pointed by  the  State  Board  of  Education,  and  members  of  the  Board 
of  Trustees,  shall  be  exempt  from  militia  duty,  and  members  of  the 
Boards  of  Trustees  shall  also  be  exempt  from  road  duty. 

SEC.  56.  If  a  member  of  any  County  Board  of  Education  in  any 
County  of  the  State,  or  a  Trustee  of  any  school  district,  shall  at- 
tempt to  act  or  discharge  the  duties  of  either  of  said  offices  after 
he  shall  have  been  removed,  or  after  his  successor  shall  have  qual- 
ified, he  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  after  convic- 
tion be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  one  hundred  and  one 
dollars  or  imprisonment  for  not  less  than  thirty-one  days,  or  both, 
at  the  discretion  of  the  Court. 

SEC.  57.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  teacher  of  a  school  sup- 
ported in  whole  or  in  part  from  the  public  school  funds  of  this  State, 
or  any  Trustee  of  any  such  school,  or  any  other  school  officer,  to  be- 
come an  active  or  silent  agent  of  any  school-book  publisher,  or  be 
in  any  wise  pecuniarily  interested  in  the  introduction  of  any  school 
book  or  books  into  any  school  in  this  State.  Any  person  violating  any 
of  the  provisions  hereof  shall  upon  conviction  thereof  be  deemed  guilty 
of  a  misdemeanor,  and  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  one  hundred 
dollars  or  imprisonment  in  the  County  jail  for  a  period  of  not  less 
than  thirty  days,  or  both,  at  the  discretion  of  the  Circuit  Judge. 

SEC.  58.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  pupils  of  one  race  to  attend  the 
schools  provided  by  Boards  of  Trustees  for  persons  of  another  race. 

SEC.  59.  That  should  the  amount  raised  by  the  three  mill  tax  and 
the  poll  tax  and  the  net  income  to  the  State  from  the  sale  or  license 
for  the  sale  of  alcoholic  liquors,  for  school  purposes,  not  yield,  at 
any  time  within  the. next  three  fiscal  years,  beginning  with  January 
1st,  1896,  an  amount  equal  to  three  dollars  per  capita  of  the  number 
of  children  enrolled  in  the  public  schools  of  each  County  for  the 
scholastic  year  ending  October  31,  1895,  as  it  appears  in  the  report 
of  the  State  Superintendent  of  Education  for  such  scholastic  year, 
the  Comptroller  General  shall,  for  the  three  next  ensuing  fiscal  years, 
on  the  first  day  of  each  year,  levy  such  an  annual  tax  on  the  taxable 
property  of  the  State  as  he  may  determine  to  be  necessary  to  make 


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eficiency,  to  be  collected  in  the  same  manner  as  other  State 
taxes,  and  apportion  the  same  among  the  Counties  of  the  State  in 
proportion  to  the  respective  deficiencies  therein.  The  sum  so  ap- 
portioned shall  be  paid  by  the  State  Treasurer  to  the  County  Treas- 
urers of  the  respective  Counties  in  proportion  to  their  respective 
deficiencies  therein,  on  the  warrant  of  the  Comptroller  General,  and 
it  shall  be  apportioned  among  the  school  districts  of  the  Counties, 
and  be  disbursed  as  other  school  funds.  And  from  and  after  the 
31st  day  of  December,  1898,  the  General  Assembly  shall  cause  to  be 
levied  annually  on  all  the  taxable  property  of  the  State  such  a  tax, 
in  addition  to  the  three  mill  tax  and  poll  tax,  together  with  the  net 
income  for  school  purposes  from  the  sale  or  license  for  the  sale  of 
alcoholic  liquors,  as  may  be  necessary  to  keep  the  schools  open 
throughout  the  State  for  a  period  not  less  than  five  months  in  each 
scholastic  year,  such  tax  to  be  apportioned  among  the  Counties  in 
proportion  to  their  deficiencies,  and  be  disbursed  as  other  school 
funds. 

SEC.  60.  The  scholastic  year  shall  begin  on  the  first  day  of  July 
of  each  year  and  end  on  the  thirtieth  day  of  June  following. 

SEC.  61.  The  State  Superintendent  of  Education  may  advertise 
for  bids  for  all  printing  required  under  this  Act,  and  shajl  let  the 
same  to  the  lowest  bidder  therefor,  who  shall  be  required  to  file  with 
his  bid  a  bond  in  double  the  amount  of  his  bid  for  the  faithful  per- 
formance of  the  contract. 

SEC.  62.  Nothing  contained  in  this  Act  shall  be  construed  to  re- 
peal the  Acts  of  the  General  Assembly  creating  special  and  graded 
school  districts.  And  the  provisions  of  said  Acts  shall  apply  to  said 
school  districts,  except  the  special  graded  school  district  in  the  town 
of  Blacksburg,  which  shall  come  under  the  provisions  of  this  Act: 
Provided,  That  the  Trustees  of  said  school  districts  and  Commission- 
ers of  the  city  schools  of  Charleston  shall  make  annual  reports  to  the 
State  Superintendent  of  Education,  in  such  form  and  at  such  time 
as  he  shall  prescribe:  Provided,  further,  "Whenever  under  the  pro- 
visions of  law  anj7  municipal  corporation  is  authorized  to  levy  a 
special  tax  for  the  support  of  public  schools  therein,  any  person  not 
a  resident  of  said  municipal  corporation  shall  be  entitled  to  a  credit 
upon  fees  for  the  tuition  of  his  or  her  children  to  the  amount  of  such 
special  tax  paid  by  such  person. 

SEC.  63.  That  the  provisions  of  Article  7,  Chapter  XXV.,  Title 
IX.  of  Volume  1  of  the  Revised  Statutes,  relating  to  the  city  of 
Charleston  and  the  schools  therein,  being  1091  and  1094,  inclusive, 
are  hereby  re-enacted  and  confirmed:  Provided,  That  no  general  or 
special  school  trustees  shall  hereafter  employ  any  teacher  who  has 


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not  a  certificate  to  teach  in  the  free  public  schools  of  the  State. 
This  provision,  however,  not  to  affect  the  employment  of  any  teacher 
now  teaching  in  any  of  the  schools  of  the  special  school  districts: 
Provided,  further,  That  the  Trustees  of  any  such  school  shall  always 
have  the  right  and  power  to  impose  any  additional  examinations 
and  qualifications  they  may  deem  proper  before  or  after  employing 
any  teachers:  Provided,  also,  That  all  funds  of  the  free  public  schools 
of  this  State,  other  than  those  arising  from  the  special  levy  of  spe- 
cial school  districts,  shall  be  paid  out  of  the  County  Treasury  upon 
warrants  duly  vouched  by  the  School  Trustees  of  the  respective 
schools  or  school  districts  or  otherwise  as  provided  by  the  laws  gov- 
erning any  special  school  district. 

SEC.  64.  The  Trustees,  officers  or  persons  in  charge  of  all  lite- 
rary, scientific  or  professional  institutions  of  learning  incorporated, 
supported  or  aided  by  the  State,  of  all  schools  or  private  educa- 
tional institutions  shall,  on  or  before  the  I5th  day  of  July  in  each 
year,  make  a  report  in  writing  to  the  State  Superintendent  of  Edu- 
cation of  such  statistics  as  the  Superintendent  shall  prescribe,  rela- 
ting to  the  number  of  pupils  and  instructors,  courses  of  study,  cost 
of  tuition,  and  the  general  condition  of  the  institution  or  school 
under  their  charge. 

SEC.  65.  The  Superintendent  shall  prepare  blank  forms  of  inquiry 
for  such  statistics,  and  shall  send  the  same  to  every  such  institution 
or  school  on  or  before  the  10th  day  of  May  in  each  year,  and  so 
much  of  said  information  as  he  may  deem  proper  be  incorporated 
in  his  annual  report. 

SCHOLARSHIPS  IN   WINTHROP   NORMAL   AND   INDUSTRIAL  COLLEGE. 

SECTION  1.  The  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Winthrop  Normal  and 
Industrial  College  shall  have  the  authorit}*  to  assign  the  scholarships 
provided  for  that  institution  by  the  General  Assembly  so  that  there 
may  be  given  to  a  County  as  many  scholarships  as  such  County  is 
entitled  to  members  in  the  House  of  Eepresentatives,  at  forty-four 
dollars  each  instead  of  one  scholarship  at  one  hundred  and  fifty  dol- 
lars as  at  present.  These  scholarships  shall  be  awarded  upon  com- 
petative  examination  by  the  State  Board  of  Education. 

SEC.  2.  That  all  Acts  and  parts  of  Acts  contrary  to  this  Act  shall 
be,  and  the  same  are  hereby,  repealed. 

RULES   AND   REGULATIONS  CONCERNING  PEABODY  SCHOLARSHIPS  IN 
THE  PEABODY  NORMAL  COLLEGE,  AT  NASHVILLE,  TENN. 

I.  The  intent  of  the  Peabody  Board  of  Trust  in  establishing  these 
scholarships  in  the  Normal  College  is  to  affect  public  education  in 
the  South  through  a  high  grade  of  professionally  educated  teachers. 


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I.  The  realization  of  this  intent  implies,  on  the  part  of  teachers: 
high  moral  aims;  natural  aptness  to  teach;  an  education  of  the  libe- 
ral type;  a  knowledge  of  the  history,  theory  and  art  of  education; 
and  the  pursuit  of  teaching  as  a  vocation. 

II.  A  Peabody  Scholarship  is  worth  $100  a  year,  and  railroad  ex- 
penses to  and  from  college  one  time,  and  is  good  for  two  years.    The 
college  year  consists  of  eight  months,  beginning  on  the  first  Wednes- 
day in  October  and  closing  on  the  last  Wednesday  in  May,  and 
scholarship  students  receive  from  the  President  of  the  College  $12. 50 
at  the  end  of  each  of  these  eight  months. 

1.  No  payment  will  be  made  except  for  time  of  actual  attendance. 

2.  Scholarships  will  be  withdrawn  from  students  who  allow  bills 
for  board  to  go  unpaid. 

III.  These  scholarships  are  distributed  to  the  several  States  by 
the  General  Agent,  and  are  awarded  to  students  through  the  State 
Superintendents  of  their  respective  States.     The  whole  number  of 
scholarships  is  114,  and  they  are  distributed  at  present  as  follows: 

Alabama, -13;  Arkansas,  10;  Georgia,  14;  Louisiana,  8;  North 
Carolina,  14;  South  Carolina,  14;  Tennessee,  14;  Texas,  9;  Virginia, 
14;  West  Virginia,  8. 

1.  No  State  can  claim  scholarships  as  a  right.     They  are  gifts  from 
the  Peabody  Board  of  Trust,  and  as  such  the  ratio  of  their  distribu- 
tion, as  well   as  their  amount,  may  be  changed,  or   they  may  be 
withheld  altogether. 

2.  At  the  close  of  each  college  year  the  President  will  notify  State 
Superintendents  of  the  vacancies  which  are  to  be  filled  in  their  re- 
spective States  for  the  ensuing  college  year. 

IV.  Scholarships  are  awarded  on  competitive  examination,  and 
persons  who  desire  to  compete  for  them  should  make  application  as 
early  as  June  1  to  their  State  Superintendent,  who  will  forward  in- 
formation as  to  the  time  and  place  of  examination. 

1.  When  State  Superintendents  cannot  conduct  these  competitive 
examinations  in  person,  they  should  be  careful  to  delegate  this  duty 
to  competent  hands. 

2.  There  would  be  a  manifest  advantage  in  selecting  the   same 
date  for  these  examinations  in  the  several  States.     The  first  week  in 
August  is  suggested. 

3.  Only  two  years  of  scholarship  aid  will  be  given  to  the  same 
student. 

V.  For  the  purpose  of  securing  to  all  applicants  a  uniform  basis  of 
competition,  the  questions  for  examination  will  be  prepared  by  the 
President  of  the  College  and  sent  to  the  State  Superintendents  for 
distribution  to  the  examiners  whom  they  may  appoint. 


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1.  These  questions,  with  specific  instructions  for  their  use,  should 
be  sent  to  the  examiners  in  sealed  envelopes,  which  are  not  to  be 
opened  till  the  hour  for  examination  has  come. 

2.  Each  competitor  should  be  required  to  return  the  lists  of  printed 
questions  to  the  examiners  as  soon  as  the  answers  have  been  written. 

VI.  The  qualifications  for  becoming  a  competitor  for  a  scholarship 
are  as  follows:  The  applicant  must  be  not  less  than  seventeen  years 
of  age,  nor  more  than  thirty;  irreproachable  moral  character;  good 
health;  no  physical  defects,  habits,  or  eccentricities,  which  would 
interfere  with  success  in  teaching;  a  purpose  to  follow  teaching  as  a 
vocation. 

1.  The  task  of  the  examiners  will  be  simplified  by  making  a  pre- 
liminary examination  as  suggested  above. 

2.  Preference  should  be  given  to  young  men  who  do  not  use  tobacco 
in  any  form. 

3.  If  it  should  appear  that  a  candidate  intends  to  use  his  scholar- 
ship chiefly  as  a  means  of  securing  an  education,  or  of  ultimately 
preparing  himself  for  some  profession  other  than  teaching,  he  should 
not  be  allowed  to  compete. 

4.  Persons  of  sluggish  or  indolent  temperaments,  of  slovenly  habits, 
or  of  vicious  disposition,  should  be  at  once  rejected. 

5.  When  a  choice  must  be  made  between  a  young  man  and  a  young 
woman  whose  examination  papers  are  of  equal  merit,  the  young  man 
should  be  preferred. 

VII.  The  minimum  literary  qualifications  for  securing  a  scholar- 
ship are  the  following:  The  ability  to  read  fluently,  to  write  a  fair 
hand,  to  spell  correctly,  and  to  express  thoughts  in  grammatical 
English;  to  solve  problems  of  moderate  difficulty  under  all  the  ordi- 
nary rules  of  arithmetic,  and  to  demonstrate  any  ordinary  arithmet- 
ical principle;  to  locate  the  principal  cities,  rivers/ and  mountains 
of  the  world,  and  to  give  the  boundaries  of  any  specified  State  of  the 
Union;  to  parse  the  words  of  any  ordinary  English  sentence,  and  to 
correct  ungrammatical  English;  to  solve  equations  of  two  unknown 
quantities;  to  describe  the  leading  events  in  the  history  of  the  United 
States.     The  standard  for  entrance  will  be  raised  from  year  to  year. 

1.  In  the  main,  the  examinations  should  be  written,  but  certain 
intellectual  qualities  can  best  be  tested  in  the  oral  way. 

2.  The  ability  to  think  and  to  reason  is  of  more  importance  than 
mere  attainment  of  facts  and  rules.    General  intelligence  and  bright- 
ness may  offset  some  deficiencies  in  mere  book-learning. 

3.  Good  breeding,   politeness  and  a  pleasant  manner  should  be 
counted  in  a  candidate's  favor. 

VIII.  A  scholarship  is  good  for  any  two  consecutive  years  above 


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the  Freshman  Class;  that  is,  for  Sophomore  and  Junior,  or  for  Junior 
and  Senior,  or  for  Senior  and  Post- Graduate. 

1.  When  scholarship  students  reach  the  College,  they  will  not  be 
re-examined  for  admission. 

2.  As  the   number  of  scholarships  is  small  compared  with   the 
number  of  competitors,  it  will  often  happen  that  some  of  those  who 
miss  the  prize  are  competent  to  enter  the  Sophomore  Class  of  the 
College.     When  persons  of  this  class  desire  to  enter  the  College, 
they  will,  on  application,  receive  from  their  State  Superintendent  a 
SPECIAL  CERTIFICATE,  which  will  admit  them  to  the  College  with- 
out further  examination.     This  Certificate  has  no  money  value. 

3.  Students  who  have  gained  admittance  to  the  Sophomore  Class 
have  the  privilege  of  being  examined  for  any  of  the  higher  classes. 
Candidates  are  recommended  to  prepare  themselves  for  entering  the 
Junior  Class. 

4.  The  completion  of  the  Junior  Course  entitles  the  student  to  the 
degree  of  Licentiate  of  Instruction  (L.  I.);  of  the  Senior  Course,  to 
the  degree  of  A.  B. ;  and  of  the  Post-Graduate  Course  to  the  degree 
of  A.  M. 

5.  Students  who  have  maintained  themselves  in  the  College  for 
one  or  more  years  at  their  own  expense,  and  have  there  maintained 
a  high  record,  should  have  preference  over  all  other  candidates  for 
a  scholarship. 

6.  The  applicant  for  scholarship  must  be  at  least  seventeen  years 
of  age;  must  present  to  the  President  of  the  College  a  certificate  of 
irreproachable  moral   character,   gentlemanly  or  lady-like  habits, 
and  presumed  good  health;  must  declare  his  intention  of  making 
teaching  a  profession;  must  give  a  pledge  to  remain  at  the  College 
two  years,  if  the  scholarship  is  continued  so  long;  must  promise  to 
submit  cheerfully  to  all  its  requirements  in  study,  discipline,  etc., 
and  to  teach  in  the  public  schools  of  his  or  her  own  State  at  least 
two  years,  if  there  is  an  opportunity. 

7.  Every  member  of  the  College  is  required  to  pay  an  incidental 
fee  of  $6  a  year.     Text  books  are  loaned  to  pupils  free  of  charge. 

W.  H.  PAYNE,  President. 
NASHVILLE,  TENN.,  February  1,  1890. 
Approved:  J.  L.  M.  CURRY,  General  Agent,  Eichmond,  Va. 

DECLARATION. 

(c.)  I, ,  of. 

was years  old  on  the.... day  of 18 

My  object  in  obtaining  a  "Peabody  Scholarship"  in  the  Normal  College  at  Nashville,  is  to 
qualify  myself  for  teaching;  and  for  this  purpose  it  is  my  intention  to  remain  in  that  insti- 
tution two  years,  if  I  should  be  admitted;  and  I  hereby  promise  to  teach,  after  I  have  left  it, 
at  least  two  years  in  the  public  schools  of  this  State,  if  I  have  opportunity.  I  further  prom- 
ise to  attend  regularly  and  faithfully  upon  all  exercises  required,  and  to  conform  cheerfully 


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to  the  discipline  and  rules  which  may  be  prescribed.  And  should  I,  for  any  reason,  fail  to 
teach,  as  agreed,  after  graduating,  I  promise  to  refund  to  the  President  of  the  College  an 
amount  of  money  equal  to  that  which  I  have  received  from  the  Peabody  Education  Fund. 

I  also  promise  to  report  myself  as  often  as  once  each  year  to  the  State  Superintendent  of 
instruction  for  this  State,  either  by  letter  or  in  person,  for  two  years. 
,18 Signed 

This  declaration,  and  a  duplicate  of  the  same,  must  be  signed  in  good  faith.  One  will  be 
filed  in  the  office  of  the  State  Superintendent,  and  the  other  sent  to  Nashville  with  other 
testimonials. 

EXTRACT  FROM   REGULATIONS  OF  THE  SOUTH  CAROLINA   MILITARY 

ACADEMY. 

PAR.  13. — Moral  and  Physical  Qualifications. — Applicants  for  Cadet- 
ships  shall  not  be  less  than  15,  nor  more  than  20  years  of  age  at  the 
time  of  admission;  and  not  under  5  feet  in  height.  As  to  Benefici- 
aries, this  rule  will  be  strictly  enforced:  as  to  Pay  Cadets,  among 
whom  there  is  no  competition  for  admission,  the  Board  of  Visitors 
may  exercise  some  discretion.  They  shall  be  of  good  moral  charac- 
ter, free  from  contagious  diseases,  and  of  a  physical  conformation 
and  development  which  will  qualify  them  for  military  service. 

PAR.  14. — Knowledge  Requisite  for  Admission. — The  standard  of 
educational  qualification  to  enter  the  Fourth  Class  in  the  Academy 
shall  be  ability  to  read  and  write  English  with  facility,  Arithmetic 
completed,  and  a  knowledge  of  the  Elements  of  English  Grammar, 
of  Descriptive  Geography,  and  of  the  History  of  the  United  States. 
Upon  presenting  themselves  for  admission,  either  Pay  of  Benefici- 
ary Cadets,  may  be  admitted,  at  the  discretion  of  the  Faculty,  to  a 
higher  class  if  found  competent  upon  examination.  \ 

PAR.  15. — Married  Persons. — No  married  person  will  be  appointed 
a  Cadet;  and  if  any  Cadet  should  be  married  while  in  the  Academy, 
he  shall  leave  the  Institution. 

PAR.  17.  —  Time  and  Manner  of  Applying. — All  applications  for  ad- 
mission into  the  Academy  shall  be  addressed  to  the  Chairman  of  the 
Board  of  Visitors.  Pay  Cadets  may  apply  at  any  time;  Beneficiary 
Cadets  should  apply  after  the  Annual  Graduating  Exercises  in  June, 
when  existing  vacancies  in  the  several  Counties  are  announced  in 
the  County  papers. 

PAR.  18. — Form  of  Application,  &c. — All  applications  for  Benefi- 
ciary Cadetships  in  the  Academy  shall  be  made  upon  a  printed  form, 
which  will  be  furnished  on  application  to  the  Chairman  of  the  Board. 
These  applications  shall  be  laid  before  the  Board  of  Visitors,  and 
upon  approval  by  them,  the  Chairman  of  the  Board  shall  forward  to 
each  applicant  a  permit  to  appear  for  examination  before  the  County 
Board  of  Examiners  hereinafter  provided  for.  No  one  without  such 
permit  will  be  examined  by  the  County  Board.  A  Beneficiary  Cadet 
once  discharged  from  the  Institution  will  not  be  allowed  again  to 


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appear  in  competition  for  re-appointineut.  No  Beneficiary  appoint- 
ment will  be  awarded  where  a  brother  has  previously  received  the 
same  benefaction. 

PAR.  19. — Competitive  Examinations  for  Beneficiary  Cadets. — The 
competitive  examinations,  for  selection  of  Beneficiary  Cadets  from 
the  Counties,  will  be  held  at  the  respective  County  seats,  and  the 
candidates  will,  at  as  early  a  day  as  possible  after  vacancies  are  an- 
nounced, make  application  to  the  Chairman  of  the  Board  for  permis- 
sion to  appear  before  the  examiners.  There  shall  be  selected  by  the 
Superintendent  of  Education  three  suitable  persons  in  each  County, 
who  shall  constitute  the  Board  of  Examiners  for  that  County.  Such 
examination  to  be  superintended  by  the  Superintendent  of  Educa- 
tion, and  conducted  under  such  rules  as  he  may  prescribe.  The 
result  shall  be  reported  to  the  Superintendent  of  Education,  who 
shall,  when  satisfied  that  the  competition  has  been  fairly  conducted 
under  the  rules  announced,  report  the  results  to  the  Chairman  of  the 
Board  of  Visitors.  The  Chairman  of  the  Board  of  Visitors  will  for- 
ward to  each  successful  applicant  a  Warrant  of  Appointment,  who, 
upon  receiving  same,  will  repair  to  the  headquarters  of  the  Academy 
by  such  day  as  the  Board  of  Visitors  may  fix.  He  will  be  again  ex- 
amined by  the  Academic  Board  and  Surgeon. 

PAR.  23. — Beneficiary  Cadets,  on  Matriculation,, Give  a  Bond. — Every 
Beneficiary  Cadet,  upon  reporting  for  duty  and  matriculating,  shall 
file  with  the  Superintendent  of  the  Academy  a  bond,  payable  to  the 
Academy,  in  a  penal  sum  sufficient  to  cover  the  maintenance  and 
education  that  may  be  expended  in  his  behalf,  and  conditioned  for 
the  faithful  performance  by  said  Cadet  of  his  matriculation  agree- 
ment to  teach  for  two  years  after  graduation  in  the  free  Public 
Schools  of  the  State  as  provided  by  law;  and  if  honorably  dis- 
charged before  the  completion  of  his  course,  then  to  teach  for  a 
period  of  time  proportioned  to  the  time  he  has  been  in  the'  Acad- 
emy. And  unless  the  Cadet  shall  fulfill  his  obligation  as  aforesaid, 
he  shall  be  deemed  to  have  violated  his  contract,  and  the  Academy 
will  proceed  by  law  for  the  collection  on  said  bond  of  such  amount 
as  may  be  necessary  to  cover  the  maintenance  and  education  of  said 
Cadet  as  may  be  proportionately  due  from  his  failure  to  teach  the 
whole  or  any  part  of  the  time  agreed  as  aforesaid.  And  neither  the 
infancy  of  the  Cadet  executing  such  bond  nor  the  Statute  of  Limita- 
tion can  be  pleaded  in  bar  of  the  recovery  of  said  debt. 

PAR.  27. — No  Cadet  is  furnished  with  underclothing,  shoes  or 
uniform  (except  the  undress  suit)  until  after  a  probation  of  three 
months;  at  the  end  of  which  time  the  Superintendent,  with  the  con- 
currence of  the  Professors,  shall  have  power  to  dismiss  from  the 


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Academy  all  such  probationary  pupils  as  shall  have  shown  utter 
incapacity,  or  whose  conduct  shall  have  been  grossly  immoral,  or 
generally  improper,  or  insubordinate.  During  the  whole  course 
Cadets  shall  supply  themselves  with  books,  blankets  and  a  comfort. 

STANDING   RESOLUTIONS  OF   STATE  BOARD  OF  EXAMINERS. 
REGULATIONS. 

RULE  1.  To  find  the  average  attendance  of  one  school  for  one  school 
month,  add  the  number  of  pupils  attending  each  day  and  divide  the 
sum  by  twenty. 

BULB  2.  To  find  the  average  attendance  of  one  school  for  one  school 
year,  add  the  averages  as  found  by  Eule  1  and  divide  the  sum  by  the 
number  of  school  months  that  the  school  has  been  in  session. 

EULE  3.  To  find  the  average  attendance  of  a  school  district  for  one 
school  year,  add  the  averages  as  found  by  Eule  2. 

EULE  4.  To  find  the  average  attendance  in  a  County  for  a  school 
year,  add  the  averages  as  found  by  Eule  3. 

EULE  5.  To  apportion  the  school  fund,  divide  the  proceeds  of  the 
school  tax  by  the  average  attendance  of  a  County  as  found  by  Eule 
4,  and  multiply  the  quotient  by  the  average  attendance  of  the  several 
school  districts.  The  products  thus  obtained  will  be  the  amounts  to 
which  the  respective  school  districts  will  be  entitled. 

EXAMINATIONS. 

Resolved,  At  all  examinations  before  County  Boards,  at  least  two 
members  of  the  Board  must  be  present. 

Resolved,  All  applicants  before  County  Boards  shall  be  examined 
on  orthography,  reading,  writing,  arithmetic,  geography,  English 
Grammar,  history  of  the  United  States  and  of  this  State,  physiology, 
hygiene,  and  the  theory  and  practice  of  teaching,  elementary  algebra, 
elementary  English  literature,  elementary  drawing,  elementary  vocal 
music. 

RECOGNITION  OF   CERTIFICATES  GRANTED  IN  OTHER   COUNTIES. 

Resolved,  That  any  County  Board  of  Examiners  may,  in  its  discre- 
tion, recognize  certificates  of  qualification  granted  in  other  Counties 
as  evidence  of  qualification  to  teach  in  the  public  schools,  without 
subjecting  the  holders  of  said  certificates  to  another  examination. 

TIMES  FOR  HOLDING   COUNTY  EXAMINATIONS. 

Resolved,  That  examinations  by  County  Boards  of  Examiners  be 
held  on  the  third  Friday  in  April  and  October  of  each  year,  or  on 
such  other  days  in  those  months  as  the  State  Superintendent  of  Ed- 
ucation, in  his  discretion,  may  direct. 


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APPEALS. 

Resolved,  That  in  all  cases  where  appeals  are  taken  from  the  rul- 
ings of  the  County  Boards  of  Examiners  to  the  State  Board  of  Ex- 
aminers, notice  of  intention  to  appeal  shall  be  given  in  writing  by 
the  appellant  to  the  party  or  parties  affected  and  the  County  Board 
within  ten  (10)  days  from  date  of  hearing  by  the  County  Board,  and 
that  the  appeal  shall  be  perfected  within  thirty  days  from  the  date 
of  hearing  by  the  County  Board,  otherwise  the  appeal  shall  not  be 
entertained  by  this  Board. 

Resolved,  That,  in  future,  all  papers  relating  to  appeals  to  be 
brought  before  the  Board  be  required  to  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the 
State  Superintendent  of  Education  at  least  twenty  (20)  days  before 
the  time  prescribed  for  the  meeting  of  the  Board. 

PURCHASING  OF  SCHOOL   SUPPLIES. 

The  State  Superintendent  is  authorized  to  permit  firms  and  indi- 
viduals to  present  such  of  their  school  supplies  as  he  approves  of  to 
the  County  Boards  of  Examiners  of  the  several  Counties  of  the 
State:  Provided,  That  before  he  grants  a  permission  to  any  firm  or 
individual  he  shall  require  such  firm  or  individual  to  deposit  in  his 
office  samples  of  such  supplies,  and*shall  be  satisfied  with  the  goods 
and  the  prices,  and  require  the  vendor  to  enter  into  a  written  con- 
tract that  the  goods  sold  shall  at  all  times  conform  to  the  samples, 
and  that  the  prices  shall  not  exceed  the  prices  agreed  on:  Provided, 
farther,  That  County  Boards  of  Examiners  may  approve  or  disap- 
prove of  any  or  all  such  supplies,  and  may  allow  or  disallow  the 
same  to  be  sold  within  their  Counties.  In  case  they  approve  of  any 
of  such  supplies,  and  permit  the  same  to  be  sold,  they  shall  give  the 
vendor  a  written  permission  to  offer  the  same  to  their  Trustees  at 
the  prices  named  by  them  in  such  written  permission,  leaving  the 
purchase  or  not  of  such  supplies  to  the  good  judgment  of  the 
respective  Boards  of  Trustees. 

LICENSES. 

Resolved,  That  the  regulations  of  this  Board  permitting  County 
Boards  of  Examiners  to  issue  Licenses  in  special  cases  be,  and  the 
same  are  hereby,  repealed;  and  that  hereafter  these  Boards  be  per- 
mitted to  grant  Licenses  only  upon  examinations,  permission  to  hold 
such  examinations  being  first  obtained  from  the  State  Superintend- 
ent of  Education,  and  the  Licenses  so  granted  to  continue  of  force 
up  to  the  next  regular  County  examination  of  teachers,  and  no 
longer,  with  the  right  to  the  County  Boards  issuing  to  revoke  them 
at  pleasure. 
3— SL 


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RESOLUTION. 

It  having  been  brought  to  the  attention  of  this  Board  that  certifi- 
cates have  been  granted  by  County  Boards  of  Examiners  on  diplo- 
mas given  by  institutions  that  are  not  colleges  nor  universities, 
which  is  in  violation  of  the  proviso  of  Section  1005  of  the  School 
Law,  therefore,  be  it 

Resolved,  That  the  State  Board  of  Examiners  disapprove  this 
granting  of  certificates,  and  instruct  County  Boards  to  confine  them- 
selves strictly  to  diplomas  from  colleges  and  universities. 

LIST  OF  SPECIAL  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS. 


Special  School  Districts. 

Extra  Tax 
Permitted. 

Estab- 
lished. 

Amended. 

Re- 
pealed. 

Win  usboro 

1878 

1887 

Chester    

2i 

187M 

1893 

Kershaw  No    1 

3~         ' 

1879 

1887    189'> 

Monticello  Academy 

1879 

1880 

Union  .  . 

l,i         - 

1  <S  7  <  ) 

1882 

Johnston  

[\ 

1879 

1882 

Columbia  

2 

1880 

1881    1883    1893 

Ridge  Spring... 

3 

1882 

1888    1889 

Yarns  ville  

9 

1882 

Lees  vi  lie...,  

2 

1882 

1883 

Sandy  River  

2 

1882 

Blacks  toe  k  

2 

1882 

Orangeburg 

3 

1882 

1893 

Walterboro 

2 

ig82 

1885 

Rid^ewav 

2 

1882 

Little  River 

2 

1882 

Florence 

4 

1883 

1889   1890    1893 

Timnionsville 

9 

1883 

1  886 

Marion 

2A 

1883 

1886 

Union 

3 

1883 

1888   1899 

Spar  tan  burg 

2 

1883 

1884  '89  '91  '93-6 

Mount  Pleasant  School  Tax 

1883 

Bambero'   

3 

1883 

Wilksburg  

2 

1884 

1886 

Sum  merville   

2 

188  i 

McConnellsville  

2 

1884 

Slabtown     

2 

1885 

1889   1890 

Georges  

2 

1885 

Georgetown  

2 

1885 

Greenville  

2 

1885 

1893 

Martin  

3 

1885 

Allendale  

2 

1886 

Barn  well 

2 

1886 

Bennetts  ville  

3 

1886 

1888 

Lowrysville 

2 

1886 

Marion 

2  A 

1886 

1894 

Blacksburg 

4 

1887 

1888   1892    1894 

Brunsons     ... 

2 

1887 

Coneross   

2 

1887 

1888 

Edgefield  .  ... 

2 

1887 

Greer's  

2 

1887 

Laurens  

4 

1887 

1890 

Mon  tmorenci  

2 

1887 

Rock  Hill... 

2 

1887 

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LIST  OF  SPECIAL  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS.— ^Continued.) 


Special  School  Districts. 

Extra  Tax 
Permitted. 

Estab- 
lished. 

Amended. 

Re- 
pealed. 

Seneca 

5     mills 

1887 

1888 

Soccastee  

5          " 

1887 

1889 

Su  niter  

2          " 

1887 

1888,  1889  '91,  '93 

Nos.  9,  19,  20,  21,  Fail-field  County... 
Broad  River 

2          " 
3          " 

1887 
1888 

Butler 

No  provision 

1888 

Centennial 

3     mills 

1888 

Cheraw  .       

3          " 

1888 

1889 

Darlington    

5          " 

1888 

1889   1896 

Holley  

3          " 

1888 

Piednioii  t 

No  provision 

1888 

Rutherford 

3     rnills 

1888 

1891 

Willisiou    ...     . 

2A       •' 

1888 

1890 

Yorkville  

2          " 

1888 

1889 

(General  Act  for  

1888 

Fort  Hill  

2          " 

1889 

Kershaw 

3          " 

1889 

Newberry 

2          " 

1889 

Con  way  . 

Seminary 

1889 

Bethesda  

2     mills 

1890 

Bishopville     

4          " 

1890 

Blackville  

3          " 

1890 

Cam  den  

3         " 

1890 

Edgemoor  

4          " 

1890 

1891 

H  e  n  d  f  r  s  o  n  v  i  i  1  e 

9             " 

1890 

Shiloh 

9             <( 

1890 

Tirzah     

')  I          « 

1890 

1894 

Wellford   

2"          " 

1890 

1891 

Laurens  County  (to  be  laid  off)  
Abbeville  

i            " 

2          " 

1891 
1891 

1893 
1892    1896 

Ed  is  to  River  

2          " 

1891 

Elko 

1891 

Lancaster 

5          " 

1891 

Ora  .... 

3        »" 

1891 

1893 

Ridgeville  

2          " 

1891 

Sally  

2          " 

1891 

1892   1893 

Beulah  

5*         " 

1891 

Salem 

3         " 

1891 

No.  3,  Berkeley  County  

1891 

Green  wood  

1892     • 

Union  (Edpefield  and  Abbeville)  

3          " 

1892 

Princeton  Laurens  and  Greenville)... 
Union  High  School  

3          « 
3         " 

1892 
1892 

Wheeland  

3          i( 

1892 

Ebenezer  

2          " 

1892 

Little  Mountain  

2          " 

1892 

1893 

Elloree  

5          " 

1893 

1894 

Cross  Hill...  

3          " 

1  893 

Hurricane  Academy.  ... 

1  893 

Neeseton  

1893 

Swansea  

1893 

Anderson 

2          " 

1  894 

Waterloo  

3          " 

1894 

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BOARD   OF   COMMISSIONERS  OF   THE   INSTITUTION   FOR  THE   EDUCA- 
TION   OF   THE    DEAF    AND   THE   BLIND. 

W.  D.  Mayfield,  Chairman,  ex  officio;  W.  A.  Brown,  ex  officio;  J. 
E.  Ellerbe,  ex  officio;  D.  E.  Converse,  Treasurer;  T.  J.  Kirklami. 

BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES  OF  CLEMSON  AGRICULTURAL  COLLEGE. 

Hon.  E.  W.  Simpson,  President,  Pendleton;  Senator  B.  E.  Till- 
rnan,  Trenton;  Hon.  E.  E.  Bowen,  Brings;  Hon.  D.  K.  Norris, 
Hickory  Flat;  Hon.  J.  E.  Bradley,  Hunters;  Hon.  M.  L.  Donald- 
son, Greenville;  Hon.  J.  E.  Wannamaker.  St.  Matthews;  Hon.  W. 
H.  Mauldin,  Hampton;  Hon.  J.  E.  Tindal,  Silver:  Hon.  H.  M. 
Staekhouse,  Clio;  Hon.  D.  T.  Rvdfearn,  Mt.  Cj'oghan;  Hon.  Jesse 
H.  Hardin,  Chester;  Hon.  W.  H.  Ellerbe,  Marion;  Dr.  P.  H.  E. 
Sloan,  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  Clemson  College. 

BOARD  OF  VISITORS  OF  THE  SOUTH    CAROLINA    MILITARY   ACADEMY. 

Gen.  Johnson  Hagood,  Chairman,  Barn  well;  Col.  H.  A.  Gaillard, 
"Winnsboro;  Major  C.  S.  Gadsdeu,  Charleston;  Col.  John  P.  Thomas, 
Columbia;  Gen.  Edward  Anderson,  Charleston. 

Ex  officio — The  Governor  of  the  State,  the  Adjutant  and  Inspector 
General  of  the  State,  State  Superintendent  of  Education,  Chairman 
Military  Committee  of  the  Senate,  Chairman  Military  Committee  of 
the  House  of  Representatives,  Columbia,  S.  C.  Col.  H.  A.  Gaillard, 
Secretary  of  the  Board,  Winnsboro,  S.  C. 

BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES  WINTHROP  NORMAL  AND  INDUSTRIAL  COLLEGE. 

Members  ex- officio — His  Excellency  John  Gary  Evans,  Governor, 
Chairman  of  the  Board,  Columbia;  Hon.  W.  D.  Mayfield,  State  Su- 
perintendent of  Education,  Secretary  of  ihe  Board.  Columbia;  Hon. 
W.  A.  Brown,  Chairman  Senate  Committee  on  Education.  Marion; 
Hon.  J.  E.  Ellerbe,  Chairman  House  Committee  on  Education,  Sellers. 

Members  elected — Hon.  J.  E.  Breazeale,  Anderson;  Hon.  W.  N. 
Elder,  Gainesville;  Hon.  A.  C.  Fuller,  Laurens;  Prof.  E.  S.  Joynes, 
Columbia;  Hon.  D.  W.  McLaurin,  Little  Eock;  Hon.  A.  H.  Patter- 
son, Barnwell;  Dr.  T.  A.  Crawford,  Eock  Hill;  W.  J.  Eoddey,  Esq., 
Eock  Hill;  Hon.  B.  E.  Tillman,  Trenton. 

BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES  OF  THE  SOUTH  CAROLINA  COLLEGE. 

Members  ex  officio — His  Excellency  John  Gary  Evans,  Governor, 
ex  officio  President  of  Board,  Columbia;  Hon.  Henry  Mclver,  Chief 
Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court,  Cheraw;  Hon.  Young  J.  Pope,  Asso- 
ciate Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court,  dewberry;  Hon.  Eugene  B. 
Gary,  Associate  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court,  Abbeville;  Hon.  Ira 
B.  Jones,  Associate  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court.  Lancaster;  Hon. 
W.  D.  Mayfield,  State  Superintendent  of  Education,  Columbia; 
Hon.  W.  A.  Brown,  Chairman  Senate  Committee  on  Education, 
Marion;  Hon.  J.  E.  Ellerbe,  Chairman  House  Representatives  Com- 
mittee-on  Education,  Marion. 

Elective  Members — Hon.  T.  W.  Bacot  (term  expires  1900),  Charles- 
ton; Hon.  D.  E.  Pinley  (term  expires  1900),  Yorkville;  Hon.  M.  B. 
McSweeney  (term  expires  1900),  Hampton;  Hon.  John  T.  Sloan,  Jr. 
(term  expires  1898),  Columbia;  Hon.  W.  D.  Evans  (term  expires 
1898),  Bennettsville;  Hon.  F.  H.  Weston  (term  expires  1898),  Colum- 


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bia;  W.  A.  Clark,  Esq.  (term  expires  1896),  Columbia;  Hon.  A.  T. 
Smythe  (term  expires  1896),  Charleston;  Hon.  J.  W.  Ferguson  (terra 
expires  1896),  Laurens.  Secretary  of  Board. — Isaac  H.  Means,  A.  B. 

BOARD   OF  TRUSTEES  OF  THE  COLORED  NORMAL,  INDUSTRIAL,  AGRI- 
CULTURAL,  AND  MECHANICAL  COLLEGE  OF   SOUTH  CAROLINA. 

His  Excellency  John  Gary  Evans,  Governor,  ex  officio,  Chairman, 
Columbia;  Hon.  C.  D.  Kortjolm  (term  expires  1902),  Orangeburg; 
Hon.  Arthur  Kibbler  (term  expires  1902),  Newberry;  Dr.  Wm.  R. 
Lowman  (term  expires  1900),  Oraugeburg;  Hon.  D.  J.  Bradham  (term 
expires  1900),  Manning;  Hon.  A.  G.  Brice  (term  expires  1898), 
Chester;  Hon.  J.  W.  Floyd  (term  expires  1898),  Liberty  Hill. 

COUNTY   SCHOOL   COMMISSIONERS. 

Elected  November,  1894,  and  term  of  office  expires  Janury  1st,  1897. 


COUNTY. 


Abbeville  

Aiken 

Anderson... 


NAME.  POSTOFFICE. 


*W.  T.  Milford Abbeville. 

L.  W.  Willia ms  (dec' d). . . j  Ai ken . 
*D.  H.  Russell...  .! Anderson. 


Barnwell L.  N.  Bellinger Bar!)  well. 

Beaufort j  James  Wigg j  Beaufort. 

Berkeley |*A.  H.  DeHay iMonck's  Corner. 

Charleston W.  H.   Dunkin | Charleston. 

Chester !  *W.   B.  Thompson j  Chester. 

Chesterfield !*T.  Threatt ; Chesterfield. 

Clarendon  |*L.  L.  Wells Manning. 

Colleton (Oliver  P.  Williams Walterboro. 

Darlington j*A.  J.  A.   Perritt Darlington. 

Edgefield P.  K  Lott JEdgefield. 

Fai rfield D.  L.   St epheuson |  Win nsboro. 

Florence |E.  J.  Smith I  Florence. 

Georgetown | *G.  E.  Herriott Georgetown. 

Green  vi  1  le !  *J.  R.   Ply  ler I  Green  vi lie. 

Hampton j-^S.  J.  Fitts Hampton. 

Horry D.  D.   Harrelson Conway. 

Kershaw |J.  A.  Grigsby Camden. 

Lancaster W.   B.  Bruce Lancaster. 

Laureus James  A.  Madden j  Laurens. 

Lexington i  J.  D.  Fa  IT !  Lexington. 

Marlboro !G.  W.   Hearsey |Bennettsville. 

Marion *S.  W.  Smith | Marion. 

Newberrv |F.  W.  Higgins Newberry. 

Oconee... |V.  F.   Martin v.......| Walhalla. 

Orangeburg  "  *E.  H.   Houser } i  Orangeburg. 

Pickens  JT.  C.  Robinson jPickens. 

Rich  land j  *L.  C.  Sylvester j  Col  umbia. 

Su niter...  ..  *W.  J.  DuRant..  ..ISurnter. 


Spartan  burg 

Union 

Williamsburg 


^B.  B.  Chapman iSpartanburg. 

M.  L.  Lemaster j  Union. 

J.  J.  B.  Montgomery jKingstree. 


York... John  A.  Shirley lYorkville. 

*  Re-elected. 


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STATE  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION. 


His'  EXCELLENCY  JOHN  GARY  EVANS,  Governor, 

ex  officio  Chairman Columbia. 

HON.  W.  D.  MAYFIELD,  State  Superintendent  of  Education, 

ex  officio  Secretary Columbia. 

HON.  JULIAN  MITCHELL Charleston. 

PROF.  W.  N.  MARCHANT  Monetta. 

PROF.  J.  I.  MCCAIN Due  West. 

PROF.  A.  T.  COOK Greenville. 

PROF.  A.  E.  BANKS Yorkville. 

HON.  W.  F.  CLAYTON Florence. 

PROF.  A.  M.  BANKIN Orangeburg. 


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INDEX. 

A. 

PAGE.         SEC. 

Acts,  special,  list  of. 34 

Age,  limit  of 24        54 

Agents,  who  not  to  become 24        57 

Annual  Eeport  of: 

State  Superintendent  of  Education 8          3 

County  Superintendent  of  Education 13         18 

County  Treasurer  23         51 

Special  School  Districts 20         36 

Institutions  of  higher  learning 8          3 

County  Superintendent  to  Circuit  Judge 13         19 

County  Superintendent  to  County  Treasurer 14        21 

Teachers 12         12 

Apparatus: 

State  Superintendent  to  collect  8          2 

When  Trustees  may  purchase  (Eesolution) 33 

Appeals: 

How  made  to  State  Board  of  Education 10        10 

Notice  to  be  given  (Eesolution) 33 

Papers  to  be  perfected  (Eesolution) 33 

Papers  to  be  filed  with  State  Board  (Eesolution) 33 

Eight  of,  from  County  Boards 16         29 

Appropriation  of  School  Foods: 

When  and  how  made 16        28 

When  and  how  made 23         50 

Regulations  concerning  (Eesolution) 32 

Special  tax 17         34 

Associations,  Teachers' 13         16 

Attendance: 

Whole — white  and  colored — male  and  female — in  each 

branch  8           3 

Teachers  to  report  monthly 21         41 

Teachers  to  report  annually 12         12 

Auditor: 

JSTot  to  buy  or  be  interested  in  school  claims 23        53 

To  require  each  taxpayer  to  return  tax,  how 22         45 

To  report  to  County  Superintendent : 22         46 

To  report  list  of  polls 22         46 

To  be  notified  of  amount  of  special  tax  levied  and  keep 

account 8         34 

B. 

Balance  of  school  fund 23  52 

Blanks: 

For  certificates,  reports,  &c 7  2 

Bond: 

Of  State  Superintendent  of  Education  7          1 


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PAGE.         SEC. 

Of  State  Treasurer,  responsible  for  money 9  5 

Of  School  Trustees  in  certain  cases 9  5 

Of  County  Superintendent  of  Education 12  13 

Of  publishers  of  school  books 11  11 

Books: 

County  Superintendent  of  Education  to  keep 14  22 

C. 

Certificates: 

Diplomas  to  pass  as 15         26 

Teachers,  State 11         11 

County  Board  to  issue 15        26 

County  Board  may  recognize  (Resolution) 32 

Revocation  of,  by  County  Board 16         30 

Teachers'  pay 21         41 

Charts: 

State  Superintendent  of  Education  to  collect 8          2 

When  and  how  to  purchase  (Resolution) 33 

Claims.     (See  School  Fund.) 

Clerk  of  Court: 

To  file  County  Superintendent's  Report 14         19 

Clerk  State  Superintendent  of  Education,  salary  of 8           4 

Clemson,  Trustees 36 

Commissioners.     (See  County  Commissioners.) 

Compensation  of: 

State  Superintendent  of  Education 7           1 

Clerk  of  State  Superintendent  of  Education 8           4 

County  Superintendent  of  Education 12         15 

Members  of  State  Board  of  Education 10           9 

Mem bers  of  Cou nty  Board  of  Ed ucation 15         26 

Comptroller  General: 

To  levy  tax  and  apportion  same 24         59 

Constitution,  State  (extract) 3 

Contracts,  void,  when 24         53 

County  lines,  schools  on 2J         40 

County  Commissioners: 

To  approve  bond  of  County  Superintendent 12         13 

To  provide  seal  for  County  Superintendent 14         24 

To  furnish  County  Superintendent  with  office,  &c 14         20 

To  pay  County  Board  of  Education 15         26 

To  pay  County  Superintendent's  salary 12         15 

County  Treasurer.     (See  Treasurer.) 

County  Superintendent  of  Education: 

List  of. 37 

Election,  term,  bond,  and  oath  of 12         13 

Vacancy  in  office 12         13 

Vacancy  in  office,  how  filled 12         14 

Compensation  and  traveling  expenses  of 12 

To  visit,  to  note  course  of  study,  condition  of  houses,  &c.  13         16 
To  aid  in  improvement  of  teachers,  to  encourage  As- 
sociations, and  conduct  Teachers'  Institutes 13        16 


41 

PAGE.  SEC. 

Annual  report  of,  and  what  to  contain 13  18 

To  report  to  the  presiding  Judge 13  19 

To  keep  a  seal 14  24 

Teachers  to  furnish  statistics  to 21  41 

To  furnish  Trustees  with  reports  of  Auditor  and  Trea- 
surer    14 

Is  Clerk  and  Chairman  of  County  Board  Education...  16  30 

Not  become  agent  for  school  books 24  57 

Claims,  to  be  approved  by 16 

Claims,  to  be  countersigned  by 23  50 

To  keep  register  of  claims 14  22 

To  countersign  teachers'  pay  certificates 21  41 

To  be  furnished  with  an  office,  &c.,  &c 14  20 

To  administer  oaths 21  42 

To  report  to  Treasurer 14  21 

Not,  to  buy  or  be  interested  in  school  claims 23  53 

County  Treasurer  to  report  number  polls  collected 22  48 

County  Treasurer  to  report  to  monthly 22  49 

To  countersign    money  orders 18  34 

To  attend  annual  settlements 13  17 

To  furnish  School  Trustees  with  certain  reports 14  23 

A ud i tor  to  report  to 22  46 

County  Board  of  Education: 

A ppeals  from,  to  State  Board 16  29 

Consent  of. 20  39 

May  recommend  the  purchase  of  school  supplies 33 

To  see  that  certain  branches  are  taught 15  27 

To  levy  tax 15  28 

How  constituted 14  25 

To  hold  examinations 15  26 

When  to  meet,  to  keep  records  of  acts,  revoke 16  30 

Compensation  of  members 15  26 

To  apportion  funds 15  28 

To  notify  Trustees  of  apportionment 16 

To  notify  Treasurer..  1<>  28 

May  make  contracts  for  dividing  county  into  districts  17  31 

Qualification  of , 15  25 

May  recognize  certificates  (Resolution) 32 

Not  to  buy  or  be  interested  in  school  claims 23  53 

To  appoint  managers  of  certain  elections 19  36 

Time  for  holding  examinations  (Resolution) 32 

Not  to  be  agents  for  school  books 24  57 

To  fill  vacancies 19  36 

Advisory  body  and  tribunal  for  hearing  controversies  16  29 

To  form  convenient  school  districts . ,  17  31 

To  regulate  opening  and  closing  of  schools 23  53 

Members  of,  exempt  from,  what 24  55 

Members  of,   not  to  hold  over 24  56 

To  have  general  super1  vision 17 

To  appoint  Trustees,   when 19  36 

May  revoke  certificate,  when 16  30 


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PAGE.         SEC. 

May  hold  special  examination,  when  (Resolution) 33 

Course  of  Study: 

State  Board  to  prescribe 11         11 

To  be  noted  by  County  Superintendent  of  Education..  13        16 
To  be  enforced.. 15        27 

D. 

Deaf,  Dumb,  and  Blind  Institute,  Trustees 36 

Diplomas: 

To   exempt   holders  from    examination.      (See,  also, 

Resolution  of  State  Board) 15         26 

Districts.     (See  School  Districts.) 
District  Trustees.     (See  School  Trustees.) 

E. 

Election: 

Of  State  Superintendent  of  Education 7  1 

Of  County  Superintendent  of  Education 12         13 

Of  certain  Trustees 19        36 

Enrollment: 

What  constitutes 16         28 

When  to  be  counted  in 12        12 

Examinations: 

Rules  of,  to  be  fixed  by  State  Board 11         11 

By  County  Board 15         26 

Examined  on,  what  (Resolution) 32 

Time  to  be  held  (Resolution) 32 

South  Carolina  Military  Academy 30 

Examiners.     (See  State  Board.)     (See  County  Board.) 

Exemptions  from  certain  duties 24        55 

F. 

Funds.     (See  School  Funds.) 

G. 

Grand  Jury: 

To  inspect  County  Superintendents'  reports 13         19 

To  report  to  presiding  Judge 13         19 

Governor: 

Member  State  Board  of  Education..... 10 

To  appoint  members  of  State  Board  of  Education 10 

To  approve  bond  of  State  Superintendent 7           1 

To  fill  vacancy,  when 10  7 

H. 

Houses: 

To  be  reported  (see  School  Houses,  also) 8 

I. 
Institutes: 

County  Superintendent  of  Education  to  conduct 13        16 

Teachers  attending,  to  be  reported 8 


43 
L. 

PAGE.         SBC. 

Law.     (See  School  Law.) 
Local  Tax: 

How  levied  and  apportioned  (see  list  of  special  dis- 

tricts) ...........................................................  17         34 

Licenses,  County  Board  to  grant  (Eesolution)  ................  32 

M. 

Maps: 

State  Superintendent  to  collect  ................................     8          2 

State  Superintendent  to  collect  (Eesolution)  ........  ^  .....  33 

When  to  be  purchased  (Eesolution)  ..................  *  .....  33 

Meetings: 

Of  State  Board  of  Education  .........................  ..........  10          9 

Of  County  Board  of  Education  ................................   16         30 

School  Districts  ..................................................  '.   19        36 

Of  people,  Trustees  to  call  ......................................  18        34 

Money.     (See  School  Funds.) 


Normal  Colleges: 

Peabody  Normal  College,  Nashville  ........................  26 

Declaration  of  beneficiary  ......................................  29 

Winthrop  College  .................................................  26 

Trustees  of.  ...................................................  .  ......  36 

O. 

Oaths: 

State  Superintendent  to  take  ..................................     7  1 

County  Superintendent  to  take  ...............................  12  13 

Who  may  administer  .............................................  21  42 

Office  of  County  Superintendent  of  Education  .................  14  20 

P. 

Pupils: 

Of  one  race  cannot  attend  schools  for  another  race  .....  24  58 

Ageof.  ................................................................  24  54 

Transfer  of  to  another  district  .................................  20  40 

Monthly  report  of,  giving  ages,  sex,  branches  studied, 

&c  ..................................................................  21  41 

Teachers  to  furnish  list  of.  ......................................  12  12 

When  counted  enrolled  ...................  .  ......................  16  28 

By  whom  dismissed  ..............................................    22  44 

People: 

Trustees  to  call  meetings  of  ....................................  22  44 

Of  School  Districts  for  special  tax  ...........................   18  34 

Polls: 

Auditor  to  make  and  report  list  of.  ..........................  22  46 

To  be  retained  in  district  where  collected  .................  26  47 

How  disbursed  .....................................................  23  50 

County  Treasurer  to  report  ....................................  22  48 


44 


Peabody  Scholarships: 

To  Peabody  Normal  College,  Nashville 26 

Declaration  of  Beneficiary 29 

Permanent  school  funds 9  5 

Publishers  of  school  books,  to  give  bond 11  11 

E. 

Registers,  to  be  prepared  and  transmitted 7  2 

Report  (see  Annual): 

Trustees  to  report  sale  of  property 20  39 

County   Superintendent    of    Education  to   presiding 

Judge 13  19 

County  Auditor  to  County  Superintendent 22  46 

County  Treasurer  to  County  Superintendent 22  48 

County  Superintendent  of  Education  to  Treasurer 14  21 

Treasurer's  monthly    22  49 

Treasurer's  annual  to  State  Superintendent 23  51 

Grand  jury  to  presiding  Judge 13  19 

Trustees  of  all  schools  supported  by  public  funds 26  64 

Trustees  of  special  school  districts 25  62 

Teachers  to,  monthly 21  41 

Teachers'  annual 12  12 

Road  duty 24  55 

Revocation  of  Teachers'  Certificates: 

By  State  Board  of  Education 11  11 

By  County  Board  of  Education 16  30 

S. 

School  Age: 

Limit  of 24  54 

School  Districts: 

In  cities  and  towns 17  31 

Convenient  ones  to  be  formed 17  31 

How  formed  17  31 

Trustees  of,  to  be  elected,  to  keep  books,  and  report 

annually 19  36 

Special,  provided  for  25  62 

Each  to  have  Trustees 17 

In  two  adjacent  counties  : 19  35 

Transfer  of  pupils  to  or  from 20  40 

To  report  to  State  Superintendent  of  Education 25  62 

List  of  special 34 

Size  of . 17  31 

Division  for  taxation 17  33 

School  Fund: 

Permanent 9  5 

When  and  how  distributed 23  50 

State  Treasurer  to  hold 8 

When  and  how  distributed 16 

Special,  how  paid  out 18  34 

In  case  of  transfer  of  pupils,  when 20  40 


45 

PAGE.  SEC. 

All  claims  chargeable  against,  to  be  signed  by  a  ma- 
jority of  Trustees  and  sworn  to 21  42 

Balance  to  be  carried  forward 23  52 

To  be  reported  by  Treasurer  monthly 22  49 

Special  tax  17  34 

County  Board  to  apportion 15  28 

School  Houses: 

State  Superintendent  to  report 8 

County  Superintendent  to  note  condition  of 13  16 

Trustees  to  provide  21  44 

School  Law: 

To  be  printed  and  distributed 8 

School  Trustees: 

When,  and  how  appointed 19  36 

To  hold  school  property  in  trust 9 

Term  of  office  to  expire,  when 19  36 

To  gi v e  bond  in  certain  cases 9  5 

To  certify  to  County  Board 12  12 

Who  to  employ  as  teacher 25  63 

When  and  how  may  purchase  school  apparatus 33 

To  see  that  certain  branches  are  taught    15  27 

Those  appointed  by  State  Superintendent  of  Education 

to  be  elected 19  36 

Exempt  from,  what 24  55 

Each  district  shall  have 17  32 

Can  not  go  i n  debt 24  53 

To  be  elected,  when,  how 19  36 

To  be  commissioned,  by  whom 19  36 

When  disqualified 20  36 

When  to  meet,  aod  how  organize 19  36 

Have  general  jurisdiction,  subject  to  County  Board  of 

Education 20  37 

Sessions  of. 20  38 

General  authority  and  duties 21  44 

To  administer  oaths 21  42 

May  sell  school  property,  when,  must  report 20  39 

To  transfer  pupils,  when 20  40 

Of  special  and  graded  School  Districts 19  36 

Teachers  to  report  to  monthly 21  41 

When  to  pay  teachers 21  41 

Cannot  receive  pay  as  teacher 21 

Majority  must  sign  warrants 21  42 

To  distribute  and  expend  funds 16 

Not  to  buy  or  be  interested  in  school  claims 23  53 

Exempt  from,  what 24  55 

Vacancy,  to  be  filled 19  36 

Eight  to  require  additional  examinations  26  63 

To  cross  bridges  and  ferries  free,  when 21  44 

All  money  to  be  paid  on  order  of. 26  63 

To  be  notified  of  meeting 19  36 


46 

PAGE.         SEC. 

Not  to  hold  over 24         56 

Not  to  be  agents  for  school  books 24        57 

Money  to  be  paid  on  order  of 23        50 

Special  Districts  of,  to  report 25        62 

All  Trustees  to  report 26         64 

To  distribute  school  funds 16       '28 

To  be  notified  of  apportionment  by  County  Board 16        28 

To  call  meeting  of  people 22        44 

To  dismiss  pupils 22        44 

Entrusted  with  care  of  school  property 9          5 

To  notify  Auditor  of  amount  of  special  tax  levied 18        34 

Seal: 

State  Superintendent's  to  be  used  in  certain  cases 10          9 

County  Superintendent  to  have 14        24 

South  Carolina  College,  Board  of  Trustees 36 

South  Carolina  Military  Academy,  Board  of  Trustees 36 

Regulations  of 30 

Special  Tax: 

School  Districts  may  vote  appropriate.     (See  also  list 

of  Special  Districts.) 17         34 

Taxpayers  have  right  to    designate    to  what  school 

money  shall  go 18         34 

State  Constitution,  provision  relating  to  education..  3 

State  Treasurer: 

To  hold  and  invest  certain  school  funds 8          5 

State  Board  of  Education: 

How  constituted 10          8 

List  of. 38 

Appeals  (Resolution) 33 

To  find  average  attendance,  &c 32 

/  Standing  resolutions  of 32 

Purchasing  school  supplies  (Resolution) 33 

When  to  meet  and  where 10 

Licenses  (Resolution) :...  33 

A  majority  a  quorum 10           9 

Seal  of  State  Superintendent  of  Education  to  be  used, 

when   10 

Compensation  of  members 10 

Are  an  advisory  and  review  body 10        10 

Certificates  on  diplomas  (Resolution) 34 

Appeals  to,  how  made 10         10 

Recognition  of  certificates  (Resolution) 32 

To  adopt  rules  for  self-examination,  course  of  study, 

text  books 10         11 

To  appoint  County  Boards  of  Education. 14        25 

To  grant  and  revoke  certificates 11 

Appeals  to,  right  of 11 

Not  be  agents  for  school  books 24        57 

Members,  exempt  from,  what 24        55 

To  award  scholarships 11 

To  prescribe  course  of  study 11         11 


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State  Superintendent  of  Education: 

Election,    bond,    oath,    compensation,    and  traveling 

expenses 7          1 

Has  general  supervision 7 

Duty  to  visit 7 

To  secure  uniformity  in  the  use  of  text  books 7           2 

To  distribute  blanks,  blank  books,  and  instructions...  7 

To  have  School  Law  printed  and  to  distribute 8 

To  collect  school  books,  apparatus,  maps,  and  charts..  8 

To  certify  copies  of  papers  and  official  acts 8 

Annual  report  of,  what  to  contain  8 

Clerk's  salary 8          4 

General  duties  of. 9          6 

Higher  institutions  to  report  to 8          3 

Institutions  supported  by  public  funds  to  report  to....  26        64 

To  prepare  blanks  for  schools 26         65 

Vacancy  in  office,  how  filled 10           7 

Is  Secretary  of  State  Board  of  Education 10 

County  Superintendents  to  conform  to  instructions  of.  13         18 

County  Treasurer  to  report  to,  annually 23         51 

May  advertise  for  bids 25        61 

To  grant  special  examinations  (Resolution) 32 

School  year,  what  constitutes 25        60 

T. 

Tax:     (See  Poll  Tax.)     (See  Special  Tax.) 

Supplemental 24         59 

Three  mill  tax , 15 

School  District  divisions  for  school  taxes 17         33 

School  Districts  may  vote 17         34 

Treasurer  to  retain  poll 22         47 

Special  Districts:     (See  list  of.) 

Taxpayer  to  return,  how 22         45 

Comptroller  General  to  levy  and  apportion,  when 24        59 

County  Board  to  levy 15         28 

Teachers: 

To  furnish  statistics 21        41 

Trustees  cannot  receive  pay  as 21        43 

To  make  monthly  reports 21        41 

Who  to  be  employed  as 25        63 

Associations 13         16 

Trustees  to  employ 22         44 

State  certificate 11         11 

Not  to  become  agents  for  school  books 24        57 

To  report  annually 12         12 

Pay  of. 21         41 

Licenses  (Resolution) 33 

Text  Books: 

Uniformity  in  use  of,  to  be  secured 7          2 

State  Superintendent  of  Education  to  collect 8 

Sectarian  or  partisan,  forbidden 7          2 


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PAGE.         SEC. 

Power  to  prescribe 11        11 

Traveling  Expenses: 

Of  State  Superintendent  of  Education 7          1 

Of  County  Superintendent  of  Education 13         15 

Of  members  of  State  Board  of  Education 10          9 

Of  members  of  County  Board  of  Education 15        26 

Treasurer: 

State,  to  receive  and  invest  money 8          5 

County,  Trustees  to  draw  warrants  on 23         50 

County  Board  of  Education  to  report  to 16         28 

To  collect  special  tax 18        34 

To  carry  balances  forward 23         52 

To  report  polls  collected  to  County  Superintendent...  22        48 

To  keep  poll  tax  by  school  districts 22        47 

To  report  annually  to  State  Superintendent 23         51 

To  report  monthly  to  County  Superintendent 22         49 

Trustees: 

Clemson  College 36 

Deaf  and  Dumb 36 

Winthrop  College 36 

South  Carolina  College 36 

South  Carolina  Military  Academy -  36 

Colored  Agricultural  and  Mechanical  College 37 

Exempt  from 24        55 

Vacancy: 

In  office  of  State  Superintendent,  how  filled 10 

In  office  of  County  Superintendent 12 

In  office  of  County  Superintendent,  how  filled 12 

In  office  of  School  Trustee,  how  filled 19        36 

W. 

Winthrop  Normal  College: 

Scholarships  in 26 

List  of  Trustees...                                                36 


Year.     (See  School  Year.) 


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